Our guinea pig dinner

Our adventures in Cusco..

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November 12th 2012
Our home for the next 6 days: Cusco! We noticed quite quickly that we'd moved about half a km up in altitude - we were panting like crazy when we had to carry our backpacks up quite a few stairs to our hotel (which, to our defense, was pretty much as high as you can get in the center..) As we wandered around town to explore the first evening, we found ourselves agreeing with what was said ... 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