Sacsayhuaman

Wow wow wow wow wow wow wow!!!!!

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June 22nd 2006
Well, that´s one crossed off the list. Just got back to Cusco yesterday having visited Machu Picchu. I was worried that having seen so many pictures and heard so much it might disappoint. It didn´t. Spectacular. Didn´t do "The Inca Trail" as it´s booked up til the end of August. Instead we got a bus to Pisac and looked around the market. "Look we have blankets". "No thank-you". But th ... read more

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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