Beautiful Andes

Machu Picchu

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June 18th 2014
Despite rolling back our start time to a seemingly reasonable 8:30am, we were still rushed getting a quick breakfast and getting out the door. The tour bus appeared in front of the hotel, right on time, and took us up the seemingly endless series of steep switch-backs to Machu Picchu. The bus was outfitted with a display, visible to all of the passengers, showing the bus speed, which only reinforc ... read more

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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