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Machu Picchu

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July 14th 2011
Hello! We are still in Peru. Today, we woke up in Cusco EXTREMELEY early in the morning to get on a 4 hour train to Machu Picchu. About halfway through the train ride, the Thompsons (our great friends from London) boarded, but unfortunateley we were not allowed to move between carriages to see them because the trains were like those from the wild west and we would have surely fallen through to ... read more

South America » Peru » Cusco » Machu Picchu

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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