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Peru - Colca Canyon

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February 2nd 2010
I was picked up by a van at 3.30am on Tuesday 2 February and we drove for 4 hours to Chivay. All nine people on the tour slept for the whole journey so we only started to get to know each other over breakfast. After our buffet breakfast in Chivay, we got back in the van and drove for a couple of hours through Colca Canyon which is over twice as deep as the Grand Canyon in the USA. Then we stopp ... read more

South America » Peru » Arequipa » Colca Canyon

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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