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Cusco: Capital of the Inca Empire

September 23rd 2006
Leaving Huancayo wasn´t easy... most of all leaving the kids at the mountain school... ´porque te vayas´, they kept asking (why are you leaving?)... quite heartbreaking... that´s what travelling is like, you get used to one place and before you know it, it´s time to move on ... Luckily, the thought of getting closer to Machu Picchu and all the Inca ruins in the Sacred Valley was exciting and ... 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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