Inside the wine museum

All those funny shaped jars contain wine and pisco of various sorts. Most are over a hundred years old, the jars not the content ;) We tried the content and felt soon very dizzy :)

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Ica and Huacachina

January 9th 2007
We arrived in Ica, a town on our way to Arequipa. Ica is further inland and truly surrounded by a lot of sand. The first thing that stood out in Ica was the plentiful of fruit! It is the season for grapes and a lot of salesmen are pushing big tables on wheels full of them for just 1 peso a kilo!!! (6 peso = 1 Pound) After we found a place to stay we made our way to find a tour of the surrounding ... read more

South America » Peru » Ica

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

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