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Plaza de Armas
The dizzying highs and lows of the crippling Colca Canyon

May 7th 2010
We arrived at Arequipa at 9am, after a pleasant 10 hour journey and met a couple of French girls, Chemmy and Charlene, who we took a taxi into town with. They immediately made it clear they were hagglers as they bartered over one peso with the friendly and good natured taxi driver. When we arrived at Los Andes Inn, Koen was sat there checking his cherished footie results on the Internet and both ... read more
South America » Peru » Arequipa » Colca Canyon

Peruvian Flag 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
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