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First blog from Peru

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March 27th 2013
Franks and I have just finished our first meal of alpaca - definitely beats yesterday's diet of potato soup followed by potato and rice! Yesterday we did a home stay with a Peruvian family, 6 kids, 25 sheep, pigs, cows and a donkey! We challenged the locals to a football match (Frankie was in her element) and dressed up in local costumes..probably the funniest experience of our lives ( ... read more

South America » Peru » 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