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Navigating Nazca

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March 7th 2016
Breakfast turned out to be much better than expected (for the adults anyway), including slices of cucumber topped with dressed onions; sounds strange for brekkie but it was delicious. We headed out to take a look around the covered markets which were full of very different fruit and veg and unusual smells. Huge bags of onions and melons and things we didn't recognise. Cas and Hat bought straw h ... read more

South America » Peru » Ica » Nazca » Nazca

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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