| | | | | Peru | Latitude: -12.05 S Longitude: -77.05 W Capital: Lima | | | | | | | | Travel in Peru A total of 92 members have visited 197 locations in Peru. Together they have written 548 travel stories and uploaded 4269 pictures from Peru. Last visit in Peru was made 2008-07-16 by chinchilla who was in yurimaguas. Have you been to Peru? Click here to join and share your pictures and stories. |
| | | Short introduction to Peru
After a dozen years of military rule, Peru returned to democratic leadership in 1980. In recent years, bold reform programs and significant progress in curtailing guerrilla activity and drug trafficking have resulted in solid economic growth.
Source: World Factbook |
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Travel stories from Peru  | I finally learned how to milk a cow | | On Wednesday I arrived back in Sorochuco. I was very apprehensive about doing so because I had been gone so long, but it was like nothing had changed. I had the good fortune to be given a ride by Jose... |
| | | |  | A trip to the Amazon | | Monday morning, and up at at em real early!!! Pickup at 5am, and a crazy crazy ride to the airport! Away safely, and upon arriving in Iquitos, it was hot hot hot! There was a man with a sign sayin... |
| | | |  | The dog, the monkey and the graves | | At 4am in the morning, we disembarked our double-decker bus at Nazca after a night of swerving close to the ridges of the Andes, and headed for the hostel.
Deciding not to waste any time on sleep (... |
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| | | Peru external links
Selected links to recommended web sites with information about Peru
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