Alto Plano landscape

South America - a brief encounter: 3 * PERU - Cusco and Iquitos *

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October 23rd 2016
This is the 3rd ‘episode’ of another of 'our' travel experiences. The collective ‘episodes’ (this being the third) describe our journey from our arrival in Buenos Aires (Sth America) from the 1st week of October for an extended tea-bag experience of this huge continent. Like home, the continent is huge. In the few weeks available to us, we can only experience a few locations - a ( ... 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