It's Taquile Island....not TAQUILA Island Photo 5

It's Taquile Island....not TAQUILA Island

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June 21st 2010
Hello everyone! So we got back at 4 this morning from Puno. I loved the trip. We started out our journey from Cusco at 9 PM and got on a bus headed for Puno. After a 6 hour bus ride we arrived in Puno at 4:30 AM. We didn't get a room in the hotel so we hung out in the lobby for about an hour or so for breakfast. After breakfast we left for the port of Puno. When we got there we boarded a sm ... 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