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The Pilgrimage to Macchu Pichu

May 5th 2010
Hurrah! I met up with my lovely sister, Conny, and her friend, Jennie, in Cusco. Cusco is a very touristy city. I got a bit of culture shock when I arrived there from La Paz - everyone speaks English and there are shops. There's even a giant North Face in an old building on a square. Could have been Bath. It's proper fancy and clean compared to La Paz. We spent the day paying up for our Inca Trai ... 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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