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Hotel Asturias Arequipa

Calle Alfonso Ugarte 211, Cercado Arequipa, Peru

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A-re-quipa, quipa, quipa, quipa, quipa, QUIPA!

A travel blog entry by sam_and_jacqui

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... from what time I thought it was… a quick Google search and we discovered we had gained two hours crossing the border, we now had five hours to wait rather than three! Our new guardian, the man in the bus company office, then took us over to the part of the station where our bus would be departing. The bus station really was hectic and it was the first place we have been where I really felt like we stood out as being different. Most other people ...

Due South

A travel blog entry by petemacleod

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... had to hand over my camara at the start of the tour so thought that was a bit of a cheek.


I stayed at a hostel for the first time in a while, as the North didn´t have any. The staff and other travellers were great fun and I was glad I was there for my birthday. Although I liked being of the beaten track, it had the downside of not being very sociable. Most people were in Arequipa to see the nearby Colca Canyon, which was formerly thought of as the ...

Ice Princesses

A travel blog entry by vanny.d

... seemed alot younger than they were. Drinking games, mas beer, and a lot of drunken hoohah and then bed for me.

We awoke and packed in the morning and then somehow acquired a Canadian on our trip to the bus station. My nerves were a little highly strung as I had just heard the taxi story but hey, we made it there in one piece and got a cheap bus ticket to Puno. Little did Canada know that we tend to not let people go for a couple of weeks.

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The Gastro Got Me!!

A travel blog entry by tracey_hunter

... would set you back $400. It's the second softest wool in the world after cashmere. The scenery on the way there was beautiful when I could stay awake long enough to appreciate it!! We were staying in a nice hotel called mama yacchi, in a place called coporaque. I was so exhausted I went to bed until dinner and missed out on the walk. Started my chicken soup diet. Yummy!!! :o(
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Finding the Real Arequipa

A travel blog entry by atlpilot36

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My new friend from Australia has been searching for the real Arequipa as well so this morning we teamed up to unearth what the city has to offer. Neither us really enjoys a museum or anything of a touristy nature but the Santa Catalina Monastary is supposedly a don't miss attraction. We debated whether or not the 35 soles ($14) admission fee was worth it for two guys who couldn't care less about this sort of thing. In the end we bit because ...

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