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Peru by Rail

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November 22nd 2011
It´s all coming together now. All the websites we have been looking at are becoming real places, the tickets we bought being used, the people we emailed, we are meeting in real life. We did make it to Puno (Lake Titicaca), and cruised the lake, seeing and hiking the floating islands. We visited one island that is sustained by the people of the island constantly adding to it, taking the reeds fr ... read more

South America » Peru » Cusco » Cusco

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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