Category: Historic Places

Lake Titicaca

  We had a one day window in the middle of a series of strikes and road blocks and decided to high tail it to Puno which is on Lake Titicaca. I was so ill I hardly knew where we were going but you could see all the stones at the side of the road […]

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Cusco

  I have been living in Cusco, Peru since May and having been really enjoying my stay here. I initially worked as part of the Mountain Fund which is a charity set up to help Porters in Nepal and Peru get fair rights. The Mountain fund organised my accommodation with Yuri and his family and […]

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Chincherro

  You can only get in to see Chincherro with a tourist ticket. It caused great difficulty for us as some of our group did not have a tourist ticket. Chincherro has a lovely church built on Inca remains. The wall and ceiling of the Church are heavily decorated by wonderful paintings mainly of flowers. […]

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Sucre

  Bolivia is a very poor country and Sucre is its capital. Sucre is a beautiful white Colonial City and a World Heritage centre. Because of this Sucre is very much cleaner than any other city in Bolivia. Having said that the toilets are very poor and scarce. Dogs roam the city freely and inspect […]

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