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Macchu Pichu....what an amazing place!!

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November 10th 2010
Welcome to blog number 17, can you believe it!?!? It is day 39 of our trip, but this is just going to include days 37-38...but a big two days it was!! Here goes..... Day 37, it's a Sunday morning, and we're ready to go to leave Cusco at 6:50am to catch the 7:45am train to Aguas Calientes. This little town is a 4 hour train trip through some amazing scenery through the Sacred Valley and finally ar ... read more

South America » Peru » Cusco » Machu Picchu

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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