El Lago Hotel Arequipa
Sabandia, Camino al Molino Arequipa, Peru
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Get me off this bus!!!!!!!!!!!
Longest bus ride ever!!!!!!!!!!!!! it took us about 12 hrs (from an 8 hr ride) to finally get to Arequipa. Our bus was having issues and kept stopping along the way...and we got off in some random town to switch to another bus...one with no AC...we melted! But finally we were in Arequipa. Its a cute town...very much to see and walk around. ...
Ohhh feet up for Christmas!
... to say the item was sent back to Amazon as undelivered.
We had contemplated a trip to the Colca Canyon inbetween Christmas and New Year, however, Neil's legs and mind, still in recovery from Machu Picchu made us reconsider and we opted for the more sedate destination of Huacuchina. We had heard it was a desert oasis with sandboarding galore.... sounds a whole load more fun than more trekking to the second deepest canyon in the world (second ...
Ice Princesses
... and before he knew it he was out in the mountains with 2 men attacking him and knocking him over the head. He was then robbed and raped and stripped of all his clothes. He was returned to the town plaza in just his hoodie. It would have been nice to know this but luckily we didnt have any trouble.
Upon checking in we dumped our stuff and mucked around on the internet for a while before adventuring down to the main plaza. Arequipa ...
Arequipa & Colca Canyon
... a Colca Canyon trekking for a fraction of the price we could find online. We had the choice between 2 or 3 days, but we had the time, and they ensured us that the 3-day trekking would be a lot more relaxed and we would enjoy it more. So we picked the 3-day version. We didn't regret it afterwards. The rest of the day we used to prepare our trekking and we went to bed early, because we would be picked up at 3 am to leave for the Colca Canyon.
After a 3 hour drive, we stopped ...
Arequipa & Colca Canyon
... and hope to get on the bus. It was jam ram packed to the rafters. The most packed bus I’ve ever seen or been on. Apparently Saturday is a busy day at the Cruz del Condor and loads of big fat indigenous women were piling on with all their ware. We squeezed ourselves on right by the door, which almost pinched me every time it closed. But thankfully after half an hour practically everyone got off and there was plenty of seats. We headed back to Arequipa so we could connect with our night bus to ...



