Facing sand

Learning to love Lima

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March 14th 2007
I watch Milo´s feet in front of me, quickly chewing in to the soft, red sand and spitting out a trail of broken, uneven footsteps behind. "We just go over mountain and find people," he states firmly in his broken English. Momentarily I consider the attempt of responding in my shattered Spanish but think that right now we probably both don´t have the patience. "Ah Milo, isn´t the highway tha ... read more

South America » Peru » Lima

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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