Plaza San Martin

Lima. What can we say about Lima?

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September 18th 2006
The plane flight from Buenos Aires was 4 1/2 hours long but it was a good flight because Dot wrangled us seats at the very front of the cattle class section so we could really stretch out and relax. There were 3 million people waving banners with names on them at us as we exited customs and we wondered if we would find our hotel transfer. The Tucan travel people have it pretty well organised th ... read more

South America » Peru » Lima

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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