San Francisco church, Lima

Stepping up to Inca heights

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March 14th 2007
After flying in to the Peruvian capital of Lima from Sao Paulo, I was kind of expecting a bit of a culture shock, a real sense of arriving in a poor, third world country. This didn´t happen, not least because my base in Lima was the district of Miraflores. Miraflores is so Americanised that I had to remind myself now and again that I was not in the U.S. My hostel was mere yards from a Starbuck ... read more

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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