Hostal la Cuesta de Cayma Arequipa

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... now, no problem! The only thing was it was another early start for Monday (but ridicoulsly early, 3am!), so we had an easy afternoon, bought some food to cook for dinner and were in bed by 8pm! <br><br>So 2.45am alarm, shocker! We had 5 hours or so on a bus until we got to our first stop so back to sleep for me till the sun came up :) Finally we arrived at the Cruz del Condor viewing point at 9.15am, to see practically every other tourist waiting expectantly for ...

... look down toward the blue pacific and cafes are open to the outdoors. The malecon looks down on the sea and a hwy that hugs the coast. The cliffs look fragile - made of dirt and rock and look like they may crumble into the sea. <br><br>After a lovely morming stroll, I head back to the hotel and enjoy a small snack before my next flight. The sun is full and strong now as my driver takes me thourgh the scenic route along ...

... done a lot of work in those books and said their teachers were very happy with the work they were doing.<br><br>We also went to another girl&#8217;s house who is receiving support from the program. Her madrina made specific rules that she had to attend certain monthly meetings to continue to receive support and the girl, over the course of the last six months has yet to attend one. She is on the verge of getting kicked out of the ...

... not sound like an intriguing day out but this place was gigantic and really showed just how times have changed over the last few hundred years. <br><br>The convent is a huge complex of streets and houses within gigantic stone walls which used to house the daughters of rich families. Normally, the second daughter would enter the convent and her family would keep her accustomed to the high life by building her a beautifull house ...

... or slaves adn would host frequent parties adn social gatherings - not a bad life for the unwanted daughter of a wealthy Spaniard. Of course, the fete couldn't last forever, and reforms were instituted in 1686 limiting the nuns to one servant or slave a piece. What trials!<br> In 1871, however, the Vatican really and truly cracked down, releasing all servants and slaves, confining the nuns to the convent, and implementing a communal kitchen and dormitory. The convent ...

... 8217; with a population of 400,000strong makes it the second largest city in Peru. The city was founded in the early 1500s by the Spanish. It is renowned as a religious haven among the Catholic world and its cathedrals and convents hold some of the most significant, influential and prestigious works of religious art in the world.<br>We however spent a significant and prestigious amount of time in our great hostel room eating sweets and crisps, drinking fanta and watching CSI ...

... we have also visited the very pretty Monastery of Santa Catalina, and the museum which houses Juanita, the ice princess. Juanita was a 12 year old girl who lived 550 years ago during the Incan times, and who had the unfortunate fate of being a child sacrifice to the mountain gods. Due to the sub zero temps within the glacier where she has laid since, she is almost perfectly preserved, with internal organs and all&#8230;even with food still in ...

We knew security in Peru was more of an issue than Bolivia (but all relative really, as you have to remain pretty vigilant in all of South America), and particularly guidebooks had recommended not to take night buses if at all possible as sometimes they get robbed, and possessions can go missing from your day pack at your feet. All very well, and we´re pretty good at heeding advice, but the trouble is that in most of Peru, given distances ...

... of what I had to do for the bus trip to Arequipa today. Now that I´m here and thinking of leaving in less than 2 days for 3 days, then returning before heading to Lima...it makes me exhausted again! After all, in the last week I´ve spend 3 nights on the Inca Trail, then 2 nights in Cusco, then 1 night in Puno, then 1 night on an island, then 1 night back in Puno before heading here. I almost can´t imagine packing my daypack for a group sidetrip yet again. Too bad this ...