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Look at the kind of wildlife you find in Machu Picchu

The Gringo Trail

January 23rd 2007
We arrived in Cuzco on Friday afternoon and after lunch, got caught in a freak hail storm with hail stones the size of grapes. This did not lift our hopes for the inca trail which we were starting on Sunday. That night we were briefed by our guide about the four day inca trail (aka ´gringo´ (foreigner) trail) we were about to embark on. The thing that frightened us the most was that the guide ... read more
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Peruvian Flag 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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