Inti Raymi festival

Qosqo

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July 28th 2010
We took a bus from Copacabana to Cusco, accompanied by chickens and screaming babies. One of the Bolivian women set up camp beside us, sprawling out on the aisle of our bus, a novel idea, but made it impossible to pass her if a toilet stop was imminent! We arrived in Cusco at 4am, a bit earlier than expected and stood bleary eyed outside our hostel and waited for the night porter to let us in. We ... 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