Peru
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Arequipa
Arequipa, a city in southern Peru, is a beautiful city and the second largest city in Peru. It used to be the capital of Peru. July 28 is Peru's Independence Day, and this year marks its bicentennial. With Independence Day approaching, some festivities can be seen in various downtown squares, with Peruvian red and white flags all over the streets. In the city…
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Puno
Arrive in Puno in the morning, a city in southeastern Peru, known as the city of Peruvian folk culture. Unexpectedly, it is higher than Cusco, 3800 meters above sea level, the temperature is still low, and the temperature difference between day and night is huge. Winter is the coldest time here. Arrived here in the morning around zero, but at noon the sun is strong and warm...
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Cusco
Last night, I took the long-distance night train from Nazca to Cusco for 15 hours, because this train was driven from Lima during the day, and it was basically full when I got on the bus. My seat was taken by another person, and I told him that he occupied my seat, but because he was next to his family, I didn't think he meant to change seats, and there was an empty seat in the back, …
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Paracas, Huacachina, Nazca
A few days ago, a local friend in Lima said that they were in a desert. I was quite inexplicable at the time. I thought he was just making an analogy, because it rarely rains here, but later I found out that Lima is really in a desert. The second largest desert city in the world after Cairo, Egypt. The desert belts of Peru and Chile in South America are the driest regions in the world. This…
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Lima
Seeing that the epidemic situation in Peru has improved, I flew from Ecuador to Lima, the capital of Peru, last night. The flight requirements to Peru are much stricter than those of Ecuador. Two layers of masks must be worn, and the crew members will spray hand sanitizer on everyone's hands before boarding. After boarding the plane, the two people sitting next to me heard that they were from the United States, and when I asked, they found out that they were from Missouri...