La Casa De Sillar Arequipa

... local bus (no paved roads for a big part of it....and we arrived!) See next entry for that part... it was great.<br><br>2 nights later, and we got the morning bus back to Arequipa... and then decided to book our night bus on to Nazca for tonight, so had the afternoon to while away time in Arequipa. Its an ok town, but no where near as nice as Cusco and other places we have been so seemed pointless to spend too long here. Its surrounded by three mountains, Misti, Chachani and ...

... Minister who gave a Eucalyptus tree as a gift to the Prime Minister of Japan saying it was their native tree :) <br><br>The guide also told us about the mountains we were passing that used to be perpetually snow covered (like Ampato) but which now are only seasonally covered because of climate change. Areas that used to be farmable are now given over to desert and farmers have been forced to leave the area. And he solved the mystery of the half ...

Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: Victoria Mallon > Date: October 2, 2009 9:26:58 PM MDT > To: "vmallon.secretword@travelpod.com" > > Subject: Packing > > Ughhh....I so hate packing. I'm the worlds best procrastinator. My > bag weighs about 40 lbs. Not too bad for 6 weeks. Really hard to > pack for weather extremes - cold Andean mountains to hot, humid > Amazon. > > Sent from my iPhoneSent from my ...

... Trinken früh ins Bett. Nur ein wenig sich den Sehenswürdigkeiten annehmen, wobei da schon einige sind.<br>Nächsten Tag recht entspannt los. Erstmal zur Travel Agentur und das Equipment Anpassen, Aussuchen, &#8230; . Dann in den Jeep, noch kurz die letzten Sachen eingekauft und dann ab zum Berg. Arequipa liegt auf 2300m und mit dem Jeep fährt man etwa zweieinhalb Stunden bis auf 4900m und von da an geht&#8217;s bergan. Am ersten Tag ...

... haben, aber hier nicht mehr erinnern.<br><br>Da wir alle Regeln genau befolgt haben, hatten wir einen wunderbaren Aufenthalt ohne Überfälle, Diebstähle oder Verletzungen unserer körperlichen Integrität. <br><br>Die Stadtbesichtigung<br>Arequipa oder Ari-Quepay in Quechua oder ursprünglich Die Stadt unserer lieben Frau der Himmelfahrt des schönen Tales von Arequipa wurde auch die Weisse Stadt genannt. Vermutlich, da zu Kolonialzeiten die nicht-weißen Bewohner (Indigene ...

... of the Irish girls I met in Huachachina. I love the new book.<br><br>Cobanaconde is at 3600 meters. I could feel it. Breathing was hard and walking was laboring. I was slightly worried about how the trek was going to go. But we started out after lunch and since we were just walking on flat ground it wasn't too bad. We were informed about the volcanoes in the area. One of which is named for the fact that it looks like the collar bone area right at the ...

... we made it to the top just as the sun began to set behind the mountains. We went back to Cobanaconde where we had an amazing bed and the best shower ever in a luxuary hotel. After making ourselves all bright eyed and bushy tailed we went to a funky gringo bar to sample alpaca stew. Shell hated it and I couldn´t make my mind up so I ate it all to try and come to an informed decision. I still don´t know!<br><br>The next morning we got a bus to a town, the name of which now ...

... gleichzeitig ins freie um die Naturtoilette zu besuchen (unter ihnen auch ich und Gutti). Bis auf Gutti kehrten schliesslich alle mit einem erleichterten Laecheln in den Bus zurueck, jener musste naemlich auf Grund des noch vorhandenen Durchfalls auf eine Blasenentleerung verzichten um einer gleichzeitigen (ungewollten) Darmentleerung vorzubeugen.<br>In Arequipa angekommen wurde uns bald klar aus ...

... disappointed. We´re now in Arequipa, at a much more decent altitude. Arequipa was founded by the Spanish back in the day, so again the architecture in the city centre makes you feel far from Peru! We´ve visited St Catalina´s convent, which, till 1970, was shut off from all the outside world for over 390 years. It was for Spanish nuns to live in total seclusion (though apparently for some time was a place ...

... a little silly....I bought another ticket on this bus and tossed the ticket I had purchased yesterday. I´ll be more discerning next time, but for now the extra $5 purchase was worth it! <br><br>I had a huge, comfy seat the size of a business class seat on an airplane. They played 2 movies back-to-back (first something with Robert Downey Jr., a robot and lots of explosions??? Then the newer Halloween movie directed by Rob Zombie). The scenery was OK from Puno to Arequipa ...