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June 15th 2006
A five hour coach ride ahead, we left Arequipa in the morning and past through several small towns where half built houses were spawling in the apparently tax free suburbs. Soon after the landscape immediately changed from parched rock to scrubland scattered with tall cacti. On our left in the distance was the beautiful snow capped peak of Ampato, the peak on which the mummy of "Juanita" was d ... read more
South America » Peru » Arequipa » Colca Canyon

Peruvian Flag 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
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