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Arrival inPeru

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November 20th 2006
Our journey begins with a 0430 wake up and a drive to Heathrow curtasy of Ainsley (thank you). Change in Madrid and onward to Peru. Flew over the Amizon as we passed over Brasil. On three hours sleep we then managed to book a flight to Cusco fo the next morming, negotiate a taxi fare, survived the Taxi ride (Peruvian drives are worse than Italians) and haggled a $60 room to $40, result! Ou ... 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