Traditional Dancing

Arequipa

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January 4th 2007
This blog to date has detailed the many tourist activities of this Kumuka tour, today the tour took some of the gang on a local cultural tour to understand how the majority of Peruvians live. The Arequipa Reality Tour is run by a local called Miguel, whose family works with the lesser fortunate of the town to help evolve their economic wealth. Arequipa is said to be the southern capital of P ... read more

South America » Peru » Arequipa

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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