Casa Andina Arequipa

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Is Colca Canyon really the deepest in the world?

AREQUIPA Arequipa was a pleasant surprise with its warm weather and cozy cafes. One of the prettiest plazas around Peru, colonial archways surround a central fountain with millions of pigeons for the local snot-nosed kids to molest. Museo Santuari is worth a visit to see the Ice Maiden, Juanita. A 14-15 year old girl from the superior class, chosen as a human sacrifice to the Inca Gods. Acting as a messenger between the Gods and her people, this ice princess must have been deified and revered...

Arequipa, Peru ashifreeshma
Friday Afternoon

Friday afternoon and all three of us are online. We´re tired, but that is ok. Mike and I had a fight with altitude sickness yesterday, and we both lost. It just paralizes you.....your head hurts, it hurts to walk, it is miserable. Went to the hot springs at La Calera last night and that helped. Mike was sick all night still, but I was better but not great. Juli slept alot the first day, but has done fine since. We are back in Arequipa now, about 5000 feet lower. Went to Colca Canyon and saw c...

Arequipa, Peru doch18

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Another White City and a deeeeep Canyon...

... and out so quick)! Some nuns still live there but only in one newer section... Shattered at 9pm, too tired to even eat, we headed home to sleep as the next night would be on a bus again.<br><br>Our final day in Arequipa, and we headed to a small museum to see photos of damages to Arequipa from a rather large number of earthquakes that have occurred here (terror). Following directions from the footprints guide we headed over the river to a posher area called Yanahuara ...

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Arequip-on-rockin' in the free world!

... no loud-mouthed backpacker drunkards have crossed our paths, though a few cool, friendly ones have, and we splurge on b-rated action movies at night before a hot shower and a good rest in a comfy bed. GET TO THE CHOPPA!<br><br>Rafting is a sweet experience, as it was only 23 dollars a piece for 2+ hours in the river, though it could've been more challenging, but that will have to wait for Lunahuana. We don't have any pictures from it, so just google a ...

Arequipa, Arequipa, Peru nathanialwest
Traffic Patterns

Traffic in other countries is always an interesting topic. Here, as I have explained, the taxis and buses (kombis) are very small and made out of very cheap materials &#8211; I think maybe one step up from cardboard. The driving is not dissimilar to the Chinese way of piling as many cars as possible into a road, irrespective of any lane delineations. When one approaches an intersection, if there are several lanes of cars passing in ...

Arequipa, Peru forbes.thompson
Del Colca a Arequipa: nieve y picanteria

... br><br><b r><br><br><br><br> Los chicos disfrutaron de echarse en la nieve y hacer bolas de nieve. Maria Luz y Andrea se quedaron con las ganas de hacer un muñeco de nieve pero era ya un poco mucha actividad para casi 5000 metros de altura asi que con mucha pena les dijimos que esta vez no.<br><br><br><br><br><br><br> Pasamos por lagos ...

Arequipa, Peru jp1008
i'm not a llama! i'm a vicuna dammit!

... from the vicuna, which is very expensive. The one I saw was rather small and frail looking.<br>In my guidebook I found a single Mexican restaurant... I was very excited because I love Mexican food! On my first attempt to visit, the place was closed, so I had a very tasty Turkish doner (basically a kebab sandwich) instead. I made my way back later that evening to the Mexican place, but was disappointed by the dry rather ...

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Arequipa 28th June 2009

29th June 2009<br><br>With nothing urgent to get up for, we made the most of the first lie in we<br>had in while. We had to check out our room at 11am so we got up at<br>9am and showered, before packing our bags to leave. We had decided<br>today to visit Santuarios Andinos UCSM Museum, the only museum in the<br>world that displays Inca offerings made in the highest mountains of<br>the Andes.<br><br>We met some of the ...

Arequipa, Peru dlz
Flight of the Condors

... I found to be a small scorpion!!!! To say that I felt a little disconcerted was an understatement and the sunbathing was put on hold!<br><br>The evening saw an all-star Rest of the World team take on the rabble that turned out to be the Peruvian guides... they were awful! They were small, had few skills and none of them could save a shot. This all combined in a humiliating defeat for the locals which saw a nice cerveza for us all over dinner. It was lucky for the locals ...

Arequipa, Peru scottwoodley

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