The Road Back To Chivay

A Hot Soak :-)

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July 17th 2009
At last a hot bath :-))) Chivay has a hot springs where we soaked away the afternoon, fantastic, but maybe too much of a good thing, felt sick all evening :-( Tomorrow it's back to Arequipa to catch a bus to Cuzco. It's a bummer having to go back the way we came and it's made worse because the road to Cuzco comes back this way again - almost as far as where we are before heading in a different di ... read more

South America » Peru » Arequipa » Chivay

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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