Banks of the mighty Amazon

Amazing Amazon Adventure!

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September 24th 2005
We had an interesing last 2 days in Lima. We got up at the crack of dawn and got a taxi to the airport, only to find that our ticket had the wrong time printed on and the flight to Iquitos had already left! We had previously called the airline to try and reconfirm the flights but were told that it wasn´t neccessary. Anyway, they said we could get the later flight at 4pm (bearing in mind it´s now ... read more

South America » Peru » Loreto » Iquitos

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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