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Lazy days wandering Arequipa
... then you get you package weighed, the you fill out 3 forms, get it wrong and fill out one more. Sending something to yourself means you end up writing your name and address nearly 8 times.
but no, you cant pay for it yet, you need your passport now. Actually you need a photocopy of it.
No, the post office wont photocopy it, you have to go across the road to get that done for .10 Soles (4 cents). Armed with photo copy of a passport, ...
Arequipa
... it was a shop and a letting zoo. We got quite lost and decided to get a taxi so 5 of us piled into the tiny taxi which was amusing to Inca Alpaca. It was a lovely shop but very expensive so we pretty much waked straight through to the back but where the llama/alpacas were. We couldn't pet them but got some photos all of us rather excited to see our first llamas in Peru. The funniest part was then Caroline and Priya got a bit too close tone and it spat, missed both of them but we were ...
I'm way behind here
... workers. The choir sang, and the girls from Rick's orphanage sang and did some typical Peruvian dances. They stole hearts. They don't have a van or a car, so we have to take taxis everywhere, and it takes at least 5 taxis to go anywhere at all. The taxis are the tiniest little cars ever. You should actually only be able to put 3 people in them, but we manage to cram 5 or 6 in them. It costs anywhere from 3-5 soles to go across town. That ...
Colca Canyon
... taken with the bird, as long as you gave her some money!! There were a couple of little shops where you could waste your money and a church for more photo's.
The drive to the canyon was lovely was we were driving along one side of the valley. There were lots of old Inca farming walls along the way to the canyon, with small little villages dotted around.
We finally reached the canyon around 10.30 am. It was a beautiful sight, ...
Canyons and condors
... baby sweet peppers don't exist in South America and these were recotta peppers aka look-alike scotch bonnet chillis!!!! The food was basically inedible. The staff at the hostel were in hysterics.At 2.45 we woke up and were ready by 3.15am. Our guide Roy was sitting there waiting for us, so we jumped into the minibus with 14 other tourists and 1 other guide. With a little apprehension as to the size of the group I checked with Roy that it was still only the four of ...
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Other places to stay in Arequipa
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Arequipay Backpackers Downtown
Pasaje Ohiggins 224 Vallecito, Arequipa | Hostel -
La Casa de los Pinguinos
Av Parra 110, Arequipa | Hostelfrom $20 -
The Point
Palacio Viejo 325, Cercado, Arequipa | Hostel -
Posada Del Parque
Dean Valdivia 238 A, Arequipa | Hostel$53 average -
Home Sweet Home
Calle Rivero 509-A, Arequipa | Hostelfrom $17 -
Hostal La Casa de Margott
Calle Jerusalen 304 , Arequipa | Hostelfrom $33 -
Hostal Real San Felipe
San Juan de Dios 304, Arequipa | Hostel -
Hostal Arequipa Suites Plaza
Portal de Flores 102 near Plaza de Armas , Arequipa | Hostelfrom $20 -
Hostal Ginza
Victor Andres Belaunde , Arequipa | Hostel -
Hostal Cayma
El Bosque No 18, Arequipa | Hostel -
La Posada De Cayma
Leon XIII L-19, Arequipa | Hostel -
Foresta Hostal
Los Gilgueros 218 Urb. El Carmen, Arequipa | Hostelfrom $20 -
Las Torres de Ugarte
Ugarte 401 Street, Arequipa | 3 star hostelfrom $43 -
La Posada Del Cacique
Jerusalen 404, Arequipa | Hostel -
Hostal La Casa Blanca
Jerusalen 412 Cercado, Arequipa | Hostel -
Hostal Arequipa Inn
Rivero 412 , Arequipa | 3 star hostelfrom $32 -
Mirador del Monasterio
Zela 301, Arequipa | Hostelfrom $45 -
La Casa De Sillar
504 Rivero, Arequipa | Hostel -
El Solar de la Macarena
Calle Jerusalen 531, Arequipa | Hostel -
Hostal el Tumi de Oro
San Agustin 311A, Arequipa | Hostel -
La Posada de Sancho
Santa Catalina 223-A, Arequipa | Hostel -
El Roble Hostel
San Juan de Dios 308 , Arequipa | Hostel -
La Hostela de Belen
Arequipa | Hostel -
Hospedaje La Merced
Arequipa | Hostel -
Hostal El Molino
Av.Daniel Alcides Carrion 269 La pampilla Distrito Jose Luis Bustamante y Rivero Arequipa, Arequipa | Hostel -
Hostal Mansion Dorada
28 de Julio 505, Arequipa | Hostel
