Plaza de Armas

Day 1 - Getting to Cusco

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January 11th 2010
Thanks to SEPTA, BoltBus, and the LIRR, I made it on board my flight from JFK towards Cusco, with my first stop in Cancun. Unfortunately, I didn´t have a chance to spend any time there. I haven´t flown American Airlines in a while, and I don´t remember the check-in process ever being quite so slow. You´d think it would go quickly since it was just a bag drop and we all already had our boardin ... read more

South America » Peru » Cusco » Cusco » Cusco

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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