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There's An Elephant On My Bed

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March 10th 2016
We all had our best nights sleep so far because it was much cooler in Arequipa. An early breakfast at the hotel before taking a taxi to the station for our bus to Puno. I managed to squirrel away some buttered rolls for the journey as it takes 6 1/2 hours. Hat demolished most of the strawberry yoghurt at the breakfast bar, 'it's sooo good, deee-licious'. We'd decided to mix up our bus seat-mat ... 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