One step at a time Photo 3

One step at a time

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September 27th 2009
At the bottom of the world´s second deepest canyon (the first being the neighboring Cotahuasi Canyon) breakfast is nothing more than stale bread and Nescafe. The fact that I´m being served breakfast at all is a bit of an improbability. A few hearty families, spending the better part of a decade, chased the tourist dollar nearly a mile below the canyon´s rim and the agricultural outpost of Cab ... read more

South America » Peru » Arequipa » Colca Canyon

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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