Beginning the descent

Beach trip No. 1 Shock No. 1

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January 7th 2010
Dec. 28-29Beach trip!!! Ocean survival 101 The whole house (my parents'house) was up at 5am, busily getting all their siebensachen (German for this and that) together to hit Mejia, our favourite beach. My parents had rented a beach house for two days to stay at in the night and for my Dad to hide from the unforgiving conditions of the beach during ... read more

South America » Peru » Arequipa » Mollendo

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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