Honking of horns 2016-04-08 07.03.50

Honking of horns

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April 10th 2016
Peru’s inland and Pacific coast is dry, dry like a bone, desert dry. hardly any vegetation at all, long stretches of the road side are totally barren, if it were not for the mad Peruvian driver and the tarmac, it looks like pictures of the moon. It’s totally fascinating and at the same time utterly boring the whole trip up to Ecuador is like an old sepia coloured picture.The fascinating part ... 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