Cuzco Roof tops

Landed in Cuzco

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August 3rd 2006
First days in Cuzco So after a night in Lima airport curled up in a ball trying to catch some zzzzzz's i caught my next flight to Cuzco at 5.40am. Landed in Cuzco, in flip flops, nearly froze.... blinkin freezing here! Luckily Dr MacArthur had arrived before i left Tarapoto and so i was drugged up on the old altitude drugs but i was still wacked. Taxo straight to hotel, climbed in to my bed, sti ... 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