Continues up at the ruins

July 4th 2011
Hey everyone, sorry I haven't updated in a while, I don't really have a good excuse. But since the last time, I have been to the biggest festival in Cusco (Inti Raymi) pretty Impressive stuff. The whole ceremony is in Quechua, but one of the locals let us see the script in Spanish, so I sorta knew what was going on. It started about 10am in the main square and then we went up to the ruins ... 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

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Deirdre McCourt

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I am not the blogging type but sure here I am blogging away. I am 24 (already) and from Derry (lovely lovely Derry) in Ireland. I'm at uni in Newcastle in England and studying medicine, in my 4th year. Going on my medical elective this summer to Peru! SO excited! and thought it would be nice to start a travel blog so people that care, can keep up with my happenings (particularly people who aren't on facebook, so thats just my mammy and daddy!)... full info

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