Hotel Puerto Inka Arequipa

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... tour (which explained the fast pace he kept us moving at), so now the poor guy had to race to another village to do it all again... Never again for us!!!<br><br>So we met our new tour guide for the day, Dennis &#8211; a Peruvian studying tourism and who speaks 5 languages &#8211; absolutely amazing guy and great fun. Best of all, in our group were an Aussie couple and it was the guy Paul's birthday, so Dennis had organised for us to have lunch seperately from the ...

... schon eine Stadt fuer sich ist, wirklich schoen. Doch das Leben der Nonnen war sehr einsam und hart. Naja kommt drauf an: keine Maenner, kann vielleicht auch ganz ruhig sein :-) <br>Die Innenstadt hat viele Restaurants und ist sehr belebt, wirklich huebsch.<br>Von unserer Hotelterrasse kann man den Vulkan El Misti (5822 Meter) sehen, mit seiner weissen "Schneemuetze" sehen und gleich daneben sind die zwei Berge Chachani (6057m) und Pich Pichu (5669m)<br> <br> <br>

... 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.

... enpanadas de carne.....muy bonitas!!!<br>Then we go to an amzing spot where you see the river, the culture in terrasse and, in the back, these amazing montains<br>We get to try coca in candy as well, quite nice<br>You actually do feel the altitude, 2350 metre!! You have to move slow and take it easy or headhache and diziness will come<br><br>We then go the la plaza central to see a small church ...

Yangue to Arequipa<br><br>This morning we were up at 0600 am for a good breakfast and then off for the 30 km ride to the Colca Canyon, and what a ride it is in the fresh morning air. The road is rough but beautiful as you look out across the huge expanse of the Canyon. We arrived early at the Condor viewing area it was nice to have some quite time in such a beautiful place before the tourist hordes arrived. Initially we could just see one or two Condors as specks in the ...

Having escaped the sheer pointless Basingstoke-ness of Nasca, I have come further south to the second city of Peru, Arequipa. Its in an absolutely beautiful setting, nestling at the base of a range of mountains and a couple of volcanoes. The city itself is at around 3500m so the air can be a bit thin if you come up here too quickly. Flying into Arequipa has been known to cause altitude sickness and people have had to descend quite quickly to recover. My slow ...

June 23, 2009<br> <br> Our B&amp;B host, Max, gave a chuckle when we told him we liked the food that we had earlier in the day. Apparently those were "way down low" in the hierarchy of Peruvian food, then telling us a story of the time when he and his friends ended up in a village somewhere in the canyons and the only food available was caldo blanco :P. Hey, I love the everyday food of the locals ! But I guess we ...

We took a local bus from Tacna to Arequipa, a true example of a ****** Peruvian bus, no toilet , bus it was only 6 hours or so before we arrived into the city of Arequipa. Arequipa is one of the biggest cities in Peru, it is very beautfiul with a great deal of Spanish colonial archicecture in the city centre, which has been really well preserved. There are a lot of tourist orientated restaurants, bars and cafes which to be honest, can ...