Machu Picchu & Aguas Calientes - being overwhelmed and pigging out - sentirse abrumado
December 8th 2012 Machu Picchu is set in absolutely spectacular mountain scenery (see photo 1). When you go to Machu Picchu you can either have rainy weather or mosquitos. Unfortunately our group chose rainy and cloudy so the pictures were not the clear photos beloved of holiday brochures (see photo 2), but at least I didn't get malaria! The photo I have chosen was one of the rarer ones not partly obscured by c
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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 
