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Sacsayhuaman

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January 17th 2010
Most people come to Cusco to see the amazing artifacts and pre-Columbian ruins and today we decided to go explore one of the famous sites of Saqsayhuaman or the temple of the sun, The sun was splitting the stones as we climbed the steep hill called San Cristobal leading up to the ruins. We paid the 70 soles ($23) each and hired a local guide called Guido (seriously) he turned out to be great an ... read more

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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