Hostal El Pueblo Arequipa

So we arrived in Arequipa following our night bus. I´m sure it was a first for me, when a night-bus load of people were involved in a game of Bingo. and the prize- return tickets to Cusco! The winner got very excited. <br><br>After the film on the bus finished I maintain that I failed to get any sleep for the remainder of the journey. The others however, told me stories of wheel spins and hour long hold ups which I ...

... we passed through a small town Yanque, where we stopped for a half hour to watch children dancing in the town square and then we were off to see the birds. The condors like living along the edges of the canyon because it creates a natural wind tunnel which they use to help them lift off when flying, they´re very heavy birds, sometimes up to 15kgs. When we arrived at the look-out point it was packed with a few hundred tourists and there were ...

... on MTV. <br><br>With music in our ears we ventured to our next site, which was a restored functioning mill. A once beautiful area, so much so that the architect responsible for the mills restoration, fell in love with it and bought the mill. Sad to report that squatters have overtaken the area who have claimed the area around and basically spoilt it. No planning permission needed here. The kids loved the horses outside the mill and unfortunately we ...

... 4 Personen + Guide geschrumpft) mit Steigeisen den Endspurt anzugehen. Am Gipfel waren wir gegen 8:20, etwas diesig war es leider und ringsum war halt alles etwas trocken und nicht so wirklich grün wie man es eher aus heimischen Bergen gewohnt war. Ich glaube aber wir haben die Küste (immerhin 100km entfernt) gesehen. Am Gipfel waren dann halt nur noch unsere 2 Brasilianer und ein anderer Deutscher. Gipfelschnaps, Gruppenbild und ab zur ...

... then go to the Covento de Santa Teresa.<br>Beautiful place with red and blue walls, still with people living inside. A lot of Spanish culture left there.<br><br>After that visit we go to la plaza de armas to see the cathedras y la compania, another church<br>Very nice plaza actually with many locals and kids playing by the fountain<br><br>It is already 6pm and time to go back to the hotel!!!<br ...

... but positive.<br><br>After our small hike up, we reached the place we were going to stay for the evening. It was a very nice setting. I was happy to just hang out and rest until it was time for dinner, we ate dinner in the building that had its roof recently repaired by its owner. After a good nights sleep we headed out for our second day up to the village of Tapay. Frequently during our hike were crosses that during a particular time of year are ...

... the socks that did it.<br><br>Either way, we arrived in Arequipa, later than scheduled, but alive at approx 8am. We checked into the hostel, met a great American chick Erin who works at the hostel, and spent the afternoon cruising around with her in this city that´s 2300m above sea level. So the sun is HOT but in the shade... its very cold. i think theres some altitude effects on us too... we felt a little strange the first day, possibly from the bus. We have really liked this ...

... Flickr page. I took about 300 pictures around Cruz Del Condor since the condors and scenary was just too awesome and didn't want to regret not taking enough pictures :)<br><br>We then went back to Chivay, went to another buffet place which I thought was a little better than the one we had yesterday. Then, a long drive back to Arequipa.<br><br>Summary of Colca Canyon:<br><br>Would I go back? Definately, but next time I will ...

hey hey hey, ska mike here with an update on our trip to the wonderful country of peru. hope all is well wherever the hell you guys are, i know im having a blast here. so far so good down here in the southern hemisphere, other than sleep deprivation, were all doing quite well. so this my entry of the blog and hopefully it wont be anything like my brother or my dads entries, cuz its the same old same old. sooooo for them street ...

... on and on. It was totally bizarre. I got on the bus and watched from my window. Pretty soon the police came out and listened to both parties. They let the woman get on the bus and the man explained his case for a good 10 minutes. The head policeman didn´t say a word while the guy talked and talked. Eventually he turned to another policeman and told him to go get the woman off the bus (she was on the upper level). She came down, got off the bus and the man she´d been fighting ...