Machu Picchu!

I climbed Machu Picchu!

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January 17th 2007
¿Que tal amigos? I just got back to Santiago late Monday night (3 a.m.) after a phenomenal weekend in Peru! We left from Santiago at 5:30 a.m. last Thursday morning (Jan. 11th) to fly to Lima, Peru and then onto Cuzco, Peru. Now, 5:30 a.m. was pretty bad to begin with, but the pain of getting up that early was definitely intensified by the fact that the night before we were up until 2:30 a.m. ... 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