Freezing our Butts Off

The Floating Islands

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June 6th 2006
Thank you to all of you for writing to us via the travel blog , it is really good to know you are enjoying our travel stories. Please keep them coming! I will have to split this next story into two parts. First part, is the trip to the floating islands. Quite an amazing idea, these locals who where trying to escape from Spanish persecution decided to tie a bunch of these reeds together ... read more

South America » Peru » Puno

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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