A visit to the Navel of the World / Una visita al Ombligo del Mundo
April 20th 2006 Cuzco (altitude: 3,500 m / 11,500 ft), from the Quechua Qosqo (which is now the official spelling) means the “navel of the world” - a name the Incas must have thought fitting for the capital of their mighty empire, which spread some 4,000 kms (2,500 miles) along the Andes from modern day Ecuador to Chile, just south of Santiago (so you get a better idea with more familiar countries,
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