Puno high street by night

Cuzco - Puno

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January 30th 2007
Today me and john got up relatively early, had breakfast (which we forgot to have yesturday) and grabbed a taxi down to the coach station. The Taxi took us through some quite poor parts of Cuzco - real Cuzco. These areas were quite interesting as they probably had a lot more character then the touristic bits. they were dirty smelly and chaotic, full of life really. The coach station was manic w ... read more

South America » Peru » Puno

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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