Sam at the Yanapaay hostel

Tipon

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January 22nd 2011
Tipon One of my friends Jen, a girl from California, had been talking about eating cuy (guinea pig) since she had arrived in Cusco a few weeks earlier. Eating cuy came into conversation with our spanish teacher at one of our lessons, she had advised that the best place for it was Tipon, a small village about 40 minutes outside of Cusco in the valley which was also home to some incan r ... read more

South America » Peru » Cusco

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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