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The laughs and disasters of Puerto Maldanado

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October 24th 2009
Due to messing up the dates of our flight from Puerto Maldanado to Cusco, we ended up staying in this extremely humid rainforest town for two painful yet comical nights. Luckily, or so we thought, we ended up in a pretty nice lodge set on the river called Wasaii lodge. We were promised great views and best of all.... air conditioning! Air conditioning was one of the first disasters we had. Our ... read more

South America » Peru » Madre de Dios » Puerto Maldonado

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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