English translation

Return to Cusco

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April 5th 2012
From our incredible jungle trip, we returned to Cusco exhausted and very smelly Thursday evening (7ish). Hostel Andrea did not have one of the nice rooms that we had previously stayed in so we shared a room with a young French couple. They had just arrived from Arequipa after a challenging bus ride. They were the perfect people to share a room with as they were exhausted as well and planned to be ... 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