View from our hostel

Cuzco

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January 13th 2010
Dana´s love for last minute spontaneity is rubbing off on me. We ignored everyone´s advice to book the Inca trail months in advance and decided to start looking into it 4 days in advance instead. In our defense, we never know where we are going to end up, and love just travelling day by day, so trying to book something so far in advance was unappealing and seemingly impossible. We thought, we wi ... 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