Casa Arequipa

... par le marche et ses stands de jus de fruit frais a tomber par terre.................................. ....................(long silence on deguste).
Petit sortie nocturne, deux restos et oui c'est l'habitude de la maison ac plein de plat different.
Et dodo, demain leve a 2h40 pour un petit trek de deux jour dans Colca....

... a fine double-decker from Julsa and contrary to the more expensive Cruz del Sur this one was packed with locals - and some tourists. And to make matters even better, I was asked to move downstairs and thus got a seat in the VIP section. Yes! I got upgraded!!! Once I had somebody help me recline the seat and had plugged in my ear plugs, I was doing quite fine and managed to sleep for three hours or so.

It looked like I would be making it to Puno anyway.

... bags and walked into town. Only 5 blocks up to the plaza de armas and when we got there there was another parade, international day of tourism, something like that.Really nice plaza with the obligatory cathedral, all on a grand scale. Wandered around looking in the shops, Franchesca is after some high heels, right.Had a meal on one of the balconry restaurants on the plaza, very nice, had a local speciality pork and potatoes. Then we went back to the hotel and I beat Franchesca at Monopoly.

Today we went to check in on one of the families for which Serving Alto Cayma is providing support. It is a family of five kids that have been orphaned. The oldest is 17 and the youngest is about 10 (they don't really know exactly how old they are). They live in a room that is no more than 10x10, probably less, which has two beds, a tv, and a kitchen. There is a dirt floor. Their padrino is building them a new house that will have a floor ...

... climb away from the canyon up to the views of the Volcanoes at 4880 metres, what a site such a stark difference from the canyon, also very cold. We then started our descent into the beautiful city of Arequipa, what a great place. That evening we went out to a local restaurant called 'Zig Zag' the food was absolute gourmet, we could barely waddle back to our hotel. What a great day, we were all exhausted and ready to collapse into bed, ready to explore Arequipa tomorrow.

... saa vi var lidt usikre paa, hvornaar vi kunne komme afsted, men rejsedamen sagde, at vi da bestemt kunne tage afsted i morgen foer egentlig planlagt. Hvis det blev et problem med strejken, ville vi koere saa tidligt, at vi kom afsted, foer de foerste var paa barrikaderne. Vi ved ikke helt, hvad strejken denne gang gaar ud paa, eller om det stadig er noget med at folket er sure over, at boederne for overtraedelse af faerdselsloven stiger ...

... a sight). So again we sat at the same bus station for another 15 minutes while more people got on. Finally, all the locals were on and we were off for good. It was a 5 hour ride. We couldnīt sleep because we were going through a high Andean mountain pass and swaying back and forth. It was mostly empty mountain desert terrain but it was some of the most gorgeous country side I have ever seen. We didnīt get any movies or any food but we got a ...