Cusco mountains

Christmas in Cusco

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December 24th 2008
Cusco, again Just to catch up from our last entry: From Iquitos we flew to Lima (on the way we hit an air pocket which was no joke), spent 3 days there and then bussed to Cusco. Since we have been in Cusco in August last year at the beginning of our trip, this is a very short entry detailing our activities over the Christmas period. We arrived absolutely exhausted in Cusco afte ... 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