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Arequipa Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Arequipa, Peru
Arequipa
This is a top pick! Ahhh...just wrote a blog about Arequipa and lost it......ahhh - so all you get are photos and a little bit. Josie and I flew from Lima to Arequipa - were met by a guy holding a card with my name on it. Wow - this is easy. Beautiful city ...
Between Desert And Mountains
This is a top pick! ... fell asleep in a hammock. When she woke we headed to the Plaza Des Armes, watched over by a sillar cathedral. Arequipa is known as the white city because many of its stately buildings are formed from this bleached volcanic stone. We also ...
Rest and relaxation in Arequipa
This is a top pick! ... . I'm pleased to have satisfied that craving, I grab a small Cusquena beer as well. Before I head back to the hostel, I enjoy Arequipa at night, stunning architecture, just like in Quito. Miles walked 0.57 Temp 22 C 71 F Day 19 ...
Convents, Condors and Canyons...
This is a top pick! ... mule. Turn. Fucking turn...' Just hours from the colca calley lies the splendid white city of arequipa. In all directions, volcanoes surround Arequipa, two dormant and one intimidatingly active, their past eruptions literally laying ...
condors of the Colca Canyon...
This is a top pick! ... new homes of people from neighboring cities, maybe Lima or Puno...where people couldn't find jobs or support families. Since Arequipa is the most rapidly expanding city in the region, people are drawn here by hope, and if they pick a plot of ...
Arequipa and final thoughts on Peru
This is a top pick! We Said: A stunning bus ride out of Bolivia through the altiplano (high altitude plains) of southern Peru took us to the charming colonial town of Arequipa. It is known as the "White City" since so many older buildings in the center are built of silar, ...
Colonial city
This is a top pick! ... of the museum and trawl alongside several travel agents who offer trips to Colca cañon, Chivas, and the touristy towns surrounding Arequipa. After listening to the patter we are entirely put off the possibility of a two-day tour, and decide to leave for ...
Gradual ascent towards the heavens
This is a top pick! ... image of their patron saint. It was a brilliant representation of Peruvian culture, and will be the one overwhelming image I retain from Arequipa. As far as the affect of the altitude is concerned, (since Arequipa is at about 2500 m above sea level), ...
time out for gratitude....
This is a top pick! Rattling through the Altiplano in this loosely connected bus. My IPOD is barely overtaking the volume of the shaking window but once again, I'm blissfully entertained by the magnificent scenery of the Andes, the fields of llamas and alpacas grazing ...
Mummies, Canyons, and Condors in Arequipa
This is a top pick! A ten hour bus ride took me from Cusco to Arequipa, Peru. If you are taller than 5 feet, I highly recommend not taking such a long bus ride with Cromotex. This was by far the most uncomfortable bus ride I have been on during the whole trip. There was ...
The deepest canyon in the world...SMASH!!!
This is a top pick! ... complete with the obligatory church, fountain and strangely enough an Irish bar. At 1pm we started our 4-5 hour journey back to Arequipa. The journey was far worse than it had been on the way here – the rude French couple who were sat ...
Flight of the Condor
This is a top pick! ... filmed here in the 80s, by David Attenborough, Flight of the Condor There are a load of organised magical tours on offer in Arequipa, but we decided we could do it much cheaper and easier by ourselves. Plus hiking up and down the canyon at 3AM in the ...
A canyon, a condor, a convent
This is a top pick! ... our arrangements, we strolled down to the beautiful Plaza de Armas and on to the Museum Santuarios Andinos. Arequipa is the commercial capital of southern Peru, but despite its size it´s a charming place in a stunning setting. Fine colonial buildings ...
Arequipa
This is a top pick! ... Tacna, a city just north of the border. Appear to have booked myself a nice hotel in Arrequipa, for a reasonable price - Peru should be cheaper than Chile, and board the surprisingly good bus to Arrequipa. Try out Inka Cola - gold coloured ...
Merry Christmas
This is a top pick! After doing the Nazca lines, Tim and I made our way south to Arequipa, Peru's 2nd largest city. We arrived off a night bus early in the morning and feeling somewhat rested from the 10 hour trip, we headed off to explore downtown after checking into the ...
Up, up and up
This is a top pick! ... . We buy a fresh round of cheese and bread which is nice albeit it destroys all our hard work this morning! We arrive back in Arequipa at about 4pm and get a shower at our hostel and use the internet and dinner before getting a taxi to the bus ...
Fancy Mr Fish?
This is a top pick! ... our bellys - not the most comforting thing when you're hungover either. There was so many amazing people I met in Arequipa: Jin, a girl from Germany that was studying education in Arequipa while working at the point. One of the most stressful things ...
Surving the Eco Buss but only just!!! 29 Oct-2 Nov
This is a top pick! ... is travelling by bus in Peru, don´t don´t don´t ever travel with Eco Buss! Saturday 30th October So we finally arrive in Arequipa at 9am - 3 hours late, but in this case better late than never....The city has a nice plaza but on first impressions I ...
Flight of the Condors
This is a top pick! I'm back in Arequipa, a city I know rather well from my previous travels. And the only thing I can think about is how much a condor might taste like a turkey. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving back in the USA and I want a proper meal complete with ...
I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away.......
This is a top pick! ... stone? Memory cards full and necks hurting from staring at the sky above, we hopped back on the truck and made our way to Arequipa. A town of..... you guessed it, big square in the middle, church on one side, government buildings on the other. For me, ...
No hablo español, dammit!
This is a top pick! ... took 15 hours - the 1,011km south where we managed to find a great hostel in the middle of town. Arequipa is much more what I was expecting Peru to be: a lovely central square with impressive Spanish architecture, friendly locals and nice cafes all set ...
5th anniversary AND 8 months together constantly..
This is a top pick! ......and we are still talking to each other! Up earlyish for our trip booked through Miguel for 3 days to the canyon. Today we get a tourist bus to Chivay a town towards the canyon. Have a number of stops on the way to get pics of the volcanoes, ...
Peruvian flava.
This is a top pick! So we left Arica and Chile behind us and took a taxi to the border and passed smoothly into Peru. We arrived in Arequipa 8 hours later and were faced with hundreds of tourists! Not what we were expecting, with its courtyard and cobbled streets it felt ...
In Search of the Lost City
This is a top pick! ... Hiram Bingham´s awe inspiring story of when he discovered the citadel in the clouds. Because now I find myself teaching English in Arequipa. Backtracking to La Paz, Bolivia. Abandoned by Fabien, I set off solo out of the bowl, to start the ascent ...
A nice surprise in Arequipa
This is a top pick! ... falling on top of Kevin as I got in! We then went completely around the houses getting to the bus station. We had a central Arequipa map and I watched in dismay as we kept driving off the map, back on the map and then anytime we looked to be going ...
The Soar of the Condor
This is a top pick! ... and from a good blend of countries, Ozzys, Germans, Irish, English, Israelis, Peruvians. The day started by driving all round Arequipa picking people up, it'd have been so much easier and quicker to get everyone to meet at one central place, at least I ...
Change of route for safeties sake
This is a top pick! Well folks after much deliberation and researching the news and asking the locals what the current situation is in ¨Bolivia¨, we have decided to divert our route into Chile and go and see the ¨Salar de Uyuni¨ (Salt Plains) from the Chilean side of ...
Volcanoes and Condors
This is a top pick! ... gone and a pedalo sufficed (and was probably more fun!) The next day we jumped on a bus for a loooong journey to Arequipa in Peru. Of course with lots of faffing about at the border (thanks, random Brazilians!) we missed our connecting bus and arrived ...
Arequipa - Day 103-104
This is a top pick! ... of this picturesque city, just wandered around aimlessly on the cobbled streets. Tomorrow I'll investigate the trekking options around Arequipa at the tour agencies and visit "Monastery Santa Catarina" which is a walled citadel within the city centre. ...