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A little town called Nazca

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May 5th 2010
We got up early and headed to the bus station where we said our goodbyes to the Dutchies as they headed north and we moved south. The landscape was barren desert again and pretty uneventful. When we got to Nazca, after having being met at the bus terminal by a guy from the hostal (after he’d been waiting for hours for us apparently...oops!), who thought Ian was Peruvian (ha!), we went for a wa ... read more

South America » Peru » Ica » Nazca

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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