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Cusco, the Inca Trail and Machupicchu

April 7th 2011
Last summer, on a wet evening after work, Kasia and I settled down to watch a documentary on TV. The subject was the Lost City of the Incas, Machupicchu. It looked superb, sitting atop a majestic ridge above the soft white clouds that filled the steep forest clad ravines on either side. We decided then and there that if we made it to South America, we'd make the effort to get to that place and see ... 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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