View from the hostel

Cusco

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June 26th 2012
The overnight bus from Lima to Cusco was as pleasant as a 20 hour bus ride could be. Leaving at 5.30pm, the majority of the ride was overnight so it helped to cut down how long the ride actually felt. When we booked the tickets online we found that the executive seats and normal seats were oddly the same price. We later found out that if we had booked the seats in Lima it probably would have been ... 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