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Iquitos and more

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May 26th 2015
We have just spent a week with APECA, a small grassroots NGO promoting health in some of the most basic communities, about 2hrs from Iquitos, which is a city in the middle of vast stretches of Amazon jungle. To get to Iquitos, it's either a slow 5 day boat ride, or an airplane, and we flew in! We had such a wonderful week at El Fondo, the base of APECA, seeing their projects in communities, and do ... read more

South America » Peru

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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