Cusco - Corpus Criste

A Cusco

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June 15th 2006
June 14. Today we flew from Lima to Cusco. We flew LAN, arrived at the airport 1.5 hours before our flight, and received our seats - the first two rows! LAN didn’t have first class seats, so do not get too excited. The flight on LAN was wonderful - a rather new plane, short films shown on board, and a snack of a cheese sandwich and cookie - rather welcome at 10 am. The approach in to Cusco ca ... read more

South America » Peru » Lima

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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