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Here it is...somewhere down there in the fog

Machu Picchu & the Poncho Mafia

July 20th 2011
A year ago, when waiting in line at the airport to go to Vietnam and Cambodia, I happened to talk the guy in front of me. I clearly remember his bag, because attached to the backpack was a mummy sleeping bag. At the time, I thought how odd to think of going someplace cold enough to need to take your own bed, as I was headed to the Humidity Capital of The World: Southeast Asia. He told me that ... read more
South America » Peru » Cusco » Machu Picchu

Peruvian Flag 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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