Cuzco

Countdown to the Inca Trail

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April 29th 2011
We left Puno on 22nd March and embarked on a short 7 and a half hour bus ride ride through flooded farmland and lush green valleys to Cuzco, former capital to the Incas and now a mecca for the gringos. Cuzco is dripping with Inca history, but the main draw is its proximity to Machu Picchu, an Inca city rediscovered in 1911 after centuries lost in the Peruvian highlands. On our first evening in ... read more

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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