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Day 9 Cusco - Sacred valley

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June 7th 2013
Went down to the main square where they were still having a parade and dancing for the corpus Christi. Went to the Inka museum to get some back ground on where we aere going and the history behind it. Then headed to the Sacred Valley. !st stop was a place that spun and made their own handicrafts. They showed us how they washed the alpaca using a natural detergent that they made by grating this veg ... read more

South America » Peru » Cusco » Sacred Valley

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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