Local woman and donkeys

Colca Canyon

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May 18th 2009
I’ve had many different versions of my name so far while travelling. For some reason people in Australia just couldn’t understand me when I said White even though I was perfectly understood the rest of the time. In some countries I get ‘oh…like Lohan,” quite a bit but in South America they take Lindsay for Daisy or Lency. Today however my name seemed to be Hassler, just the one name ... read more

South America » Peru » Arequipa » Colca Canyon

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Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by the Spanish conquistadors in 1533. Peruvian independence was declared in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces defeated in 1... ... read more