Arequipa Hostels - Reviews and Rates

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Arequipa....coing into this majestic city I was again amazed by the humble self-respect the poor in Peru have for themsleves. Getting off the nightbus you see the men collecting the bags for tips off of the buses with their little trolleys eagerly awaiting your custom. They were incredibly smart. They wear smart shirts, neatly pressed trousers a...

Claire: As I write this Scott is watching the Spain Russia Semi final/recovering from a heavy night of drinking, so much like our written journal I guess I´ll do the lion´s share of the work - in our written journal Scott has so far contributed one sentence which was "today we went to the zoo" so he´s doing quite well on here in comparison. Anyw...

Having been told in the past how pretty Arequipa is, it doesn´t take long to realise that this is true. The Plaza de Armas is really pretty with El Misti (a 5700ish metre mountain) completing the picture behind the plaza. Apart from seeing the city, our main reason for being in the area was to visit Colca Canyon, the second deepest in the world ...

day 6 25-06-07 We get to Arequipe after a not too bad bus ride. We find a hostel and check in, but then check right back out. Jonathan started feeling bad last night and we are blaming street food. I feel fine, but only had a fruit shake ( no ice!). Jonathan had a meat, cheese, and mystery sauce, oh my! We check into a hotel and get several hour...

Arequipa, Peru... The city is ABSOLUTELY beautiful... and when you come straight there from Lima its pretty much heaven... ESPECIALLY when you travel by HOT, CROWDED, 18 hour NON tourist bus! I have learned YET ANOTHER lesson about travelling... ALWAYS take the VIP bus! Becuase they have AC, and a BATHROOM, a other tourists, oh and they DONT sho...

Those damn BusCamas! Great if you can get them, but if you're too late, and have to settle for a SemiCama... Hmmmmm. It was a sleepless night from Ica to Arequipa.. But once we were here! A really beautiful city - locals claim that when the moon left the earth, it left Arequipa (apparently implying it's beauty).. And they're not wrong.. One day ...

Today was a joyous day because we were able to leave Lima and thus breathe. The air in Lima is like living inside an exhaust pipe. And some urine. We got up early and went to the Museo Nacional de Antropologia, etc. We saw some really neat trepanated skulls (it means they cut a hole in the person´s skull while they were alive, to let in spirits ...

After our lazy day it was time to see some of Arequipa's sights. The must see tourist trap in Arequipa is the Monasterio de Santa Catalina. This was closed off to the outside world for hundreds of years until 1970 and is like a separate walled off city. It's very beautiful with bright blue and red streets and courtyards. A shed load of photos ar...

After a night celebrating the triumphant end of the Inca trail the group split into 2. Most of the group headed straight to Puno to see Lake Titticaca whilst Ian and I headed south to Arequipa to see the Colca Canyon. We decided to make this detour as the Colca Canyon is the largest in the world and if you are very lucky you sometimes get to see...