Bothy Hostel Arequipa
Puente Grau no. 109 Arequipa, 54, Peru
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TravelPod Member ReviewsBothy Hostel Arequipa
“Nice and chilled out”
rob_jess 10 contributions
Melbourne, Australia
Nov 15, 2010
clean, friendly and chilled out
This review is the subjective opinion of a TravelPod member and not of TravelPod.com.
Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Stayed at this HostelBothy Hostel Arequipa
Colca Tour Day 2: Condors and escape to Puno
We got up hideously early at 5am, had breakfast and checked out of the hostel, ready to meet the bus at 6am to head up to Colca Canyon. Apparently the best time to go is between 7-9am where there are likely to be more condors and less people in the way. This fact seemed not to have registered with the tour company, who not only picked us up 20 …
The lads are in Peru
Itīs been a while since our last entry, but fear not, this will be an epic one. After saying goodbye to everyone in Buenos Aires, we hopped on our cheeky 3 day bus to Lima. Once again we were travelling with the worthy company, Cruz Del Sur and nestled ourselves in amongst the locals for the long haul. The views from the window were breathtaking …
Arequipa
So I have my bus in a few hours to Cuzco as I have my Inca Trail booked for the 13th which is a 4 day trek to Machu Pichu. Quite sad to leave this place as I made a few local friends and the town is pretty amazing. Itīs been one of the best places Iīve stayed in and most definatly will come back.
This weekend, Bungee jumping!
Back in Arequipa
After a grueling journey back from Colca canyon, I spent the day meandering around the city taking in the sights. I walked into a couple of churchs to try and be cultured, but, I pretty much walked in took a glance and came back out. Thought something I have noticed is that some of the churchs, Jesus is depicted as being dark skinned, quite …
A fun tourist bus!
At 7:00am I got onto a "Tourist Bus" that was to take me to Puno but stop off at 5 places on route, to make the journey more interesting. Apart from the buffet lunch, where again I got my moneys worth, the places we stopped at were very boring.
The only thing that made the 12 hour bus journey interesting was the 3 Americans I got chatting …



