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The small rock we jumped off

Manu National Park & Machu Picchu

July 4th 2010
The past few days here have been incredibly busy. They have been a lot of fun, but non-stop. We spent 4 days in the Manu National Park and then a day climbing Machu Picchu. Manu National Park is just a little ways northeast of Cuzco and is a small part of Peru's slice of the Amazon River basin. We were up and on the van on the way to Manu by 6AM on the first day of our jungle adventure. There w ... read more
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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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