San Bartola

Happy Holidays

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January 23rd 2007
Myself and Pete arrived in San Bartola a week before Emma and Eva were due to arrive. We had a look around all the accomodation on offer and checked into a nice hotel right on the beach. San Bartola is 45 minutes south of Lima. At weekends it gets busy, as lots of people from Lima have holiday homes here and come to spend Saturday and Sunday on the beach. The plan was to organise some accomodatio ... 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