in parque de l'amour

Lima for New Year

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December 31st 2009
I hadn´t planned on spending any time in Lima, but when it turned out that the bus from Cusco would take 21 hours, I decided to stop for a night or so. After another chaotic cab ride I met jess and rachel at the bus depot again, but they were upstairs, I was down. I'd heard rumours that the road went over 5000m but I passed out pretty quickly, waking up in the middle of the desert again. I turned ... read more

South America » Peru » Lima » Lima » Miraflores

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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