South America, Peru 27

South America, Peru

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May 27th 2009
A long time coming but here's our final entry for South America! After a whirl-wind few weeks in Bolivia we made our last border crossing to meet Andrew & Megs in Arequipa. They had booked the 4 of us on a 2 day hike into the Colca Canyon which seemed like a good idea at time... until we found out about our 3am start the following morning & learnt that it was a 3hr hike (1,100m depth) into th ... read more

South America » Peru

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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