Country Overview: Travelling in Peru

Posted by Steve on October 24, 2009, at 2:48 pm | Category: Country Overviews, General, Peru | Leave a comment

One of the last and best shots of Machu Picchu, as the sun goes down it gets ready for another day.
One of the last and best shots of Machu Picchu, as the sun goes down it gets ready for another day.

Introduction: Peru is a vast country, the 28th largest in the world, with desert on its coast, the andes for its backbone and vast jungle inland to the East. Famous for its Incan ruins, we also visited the less travelled archeological North for evidence of pre-Incan cultures including the Chimu and Moche. A fascinating country that kept us occupied and entertained, we loved every minute.

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A Random Travel Photo!

This is a copy of one of the skeletons found in the huge tombs, an important archeological find as it was virtually untouched by graverobbers.This is a copy of one of the skeletons found in the huge tombs, an important archeological find as it was virtually untouched by graverobbers.
This is a copy of one of the skeletons found in the huge tombs, an important archeological find as it was virtually untouched by graverobbers.

Random Travelling Notes

If you are surprised to see Liverpool being soundly beaten by a local Peruvian side on national TV, it may well be the Liverpool in Uruguay that is playing…