Pimentel – The modern world in Peru is almost impossible to seperate from it's long past. Traditions centuries old still hold a strong sway. Long before the Spanish, long before the Incas, indians made boats here from reeds and braved the Pacific Ocean. They still use them today. One curious Norwegian was so impressed with these strong boats he built one, named it Kon Tiki, and sailed across that ocean in 1947. Thor Heyerdahl changed the way the world thought about migration across the pacific - but it was old news to the Peruvians.
 
 
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