Bird at Bolivia/Chle Border

Getting to Arequipa

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May 26th 2011
I left La Paz yesterday at 6 AM but I could not sleep so I was up at 3 AM waiting on the bus. Everything seemed to be going great on the regular bus so I had no complaints. We stopped and picked up different loads of people in the first few hours of the 8 hour journey into Chile and it got packed. Rather than one person sitting next to me, I got a third that was 2 years old wearing pigtails and ... read more

South America » Peru » Arequipa

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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