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Travel > Travel Diaries & Adventures (Other) The most beautiful places you've traveled to

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We left the Sun Gate ahead of the masses - one of the benefits of being a small group - just as the mist cleared to give us the first proper view of Machu Picchu. Two months ago the most famous thing I knew about Peru was Paddington Bear. I'd heard of Machu Picchu of course, but had no real idea what it was, but having walked the walk and learning the history it was really a thrill to finally get there. Machu Picchu was built by the Incas in the 1460s and is thought by many to be a sacred sight because of it's remote location. When Francisco Pizarro and the Spaniards arrived in Peru in the...

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