La Casa de Ana-Peru Arequipa

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... too long, especially when we didn’t really know what we were looking for - so headed back to the safety of the centre… later we read in the lonely planet different instructions to get to this mirador which may have got us there (or may not) - ach well the walk was nice! After a last wander around the town, forever finding nice streets with even more cafes, we then headed back to the hostel to cook and chill on the roof terrace before our bus at 10pm that night.

Got the front upper deck seats on the night bus to Arequipa which was pretty cool......and managed to actually sleep, which was probably a good thing as chris didn´t sleep and had to watch the oncoming traffic and fog and overtaking on hairpin bend roads..........apparantly not a pleasant experience!!<br><br>Arequipa a lovely town, can now see why Mirko was so down on Pisco and Nazca! Sits below 3 snow capped volcanoes and has ...

... chapels (of course!!) homes, kitchens, refectories and receiving rooms for the senior clergy of the church. The only receiving area for the nuns was a &#8216;speaking room&#8217;, a thin corridor on which the nuns sat on one side, in the dark and shielded by a heavy grill. They could see their visitors but the visitors could not see the faces of the nuns. The convent has been badly damaged over the years by earthquakes, however, it has been restored and preserved and is now open to the ...

... funding for their secondary education, entrance programs for college, and college itself. In Peru, you must first take an entrance exam to get into college. Then, after a certain number of years (depending on your course of study), you get your bachiller. This degree is basically worthless. You can then either choose to write and defend a thesis or take additional coursework to get a degree that actually has value. In the case of this student, Dorian, first, he ...

... walk with a signal in your favor. People entering roundabouts dont necessarily yield. On a two lane road, it is not uncommon for someone who wants to go fast to just use the lane for oncoming traffic. I should have known when I noticed everyone making the sign of the cross when they got in a car, bus or taxi&#8230; <br><br>Today, I met all of the Davidson students who are down here studying abroad. They seem to be a good group, but ...

We left Puno one hour late on Monday which wasnt too bad-we got a top class bus (havnt got one in a while). Bus was fine even though we did notice what looked like a gun shot crack in the front window. Buses over here are very dodgy to travel in due to bad roads in the mountians, bad unskilled drivers and gangs who hijack tourist buses at night (more on this later!!) Shar did find bus journey tough on her head as it was constant ...

Did a 2 day trek in the canyon. Long days but amazing scenery. The canyon is twice as deep as the grand canyon. Was worth the packed bus journeys. Plenty of condors knocking about too....<br><br>I took a 3 hour bus at 6 am from Arequipa to a town called Chivay at the beginning of the canyon. From Chivay I had to run to catch a local bus heading towards Cabanaconde a further 2 hours away, where I was going to start the trek into the ...

... killed and given as a sacrifice to the Inca<br>Gods over 500 years ago. <br><br>The museum was very interesting, after we sat in the sun at the main<br>square before getting some lunch. At 2pm we returned to the hotel and<br>sat on the terrace in the sun and relaxed for the afternoon. We all<br>meet in the lobby at 6.30pm for tea, before having to meet back at<br>the hotel for 8pm ready to leave to catch our ...

... summit were possibly the most enjoyable snack of all time!!! It was incredibly rewarding and something I´d like to do more of as our trip goes on! This mission of a trek made the buffet we had all the more tasty, having a good 4 helpings. Not as many as the Polish guy, who Polish-ed off a good 6 (John has called for a few more puns!).<br><br>The last activity of the trip was a dip in the hot springs which was aaaaaawwwwwwwesssome! It was beautiful to lie and enjoy a beer in the warm ...