........we found ourselves in times of trouble, and mother Mary came to us.........
May 27th 2011 Get ready - this is gonna blow your socks off..................
We get up at about 6:30am to meet Mary, to goto the passport office. 7am South American time now translates to 11am. The streets of Puno are busy with speakers in the town´s squares preparing for today´s 5pm meeting to resolve the problems.......but not another tourist face to be seen. Passport office is closed, Mary persists (Sout
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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 
