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Kunturwassi Hotel Arequipa

Plaza de Armas, Valle del Colca Arequipa, 052, Peru

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Happy New Year In Peru

A travel blog entry by annabelk

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... some fairly tasty pate on it, the food was horrible - Carol had pork that was still pink, I had sirloin that was cooked to cinder on the edges, was raw near the bone and full of sinew, the champagne was fermented apple juice and the party bags contained a grotesque mask for me and a blonde hair piece for Carol. To top it all off we ordered a bottle of local wine - if in Peru... - and it was like extra sugary Ribena. We HAD to send it back. To ...

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

A travel blog entry by sam_and_jacqui

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... a quick look in one of Arequipa’s many churches where we admired an elaborate nativity scene, we went for a drink in balcony bar that overlooked the square. On the way back to the hostel we spotted an Arabic restaurant where we headed that evening for our favorite tea… falafel wraps. Here we found a book with all the top restaurants in Peru in it. When flicking through we found all three establishments we had been to that day, we were doing well considering ...

Good Morning Everybodyyyyyy!

A travel blog entry by becca_john2011

... br> 27th of November

Arequipa is known as the ´white city´ because of the beautiful white stonework buildings. Like all South American cities, The centre was the Plaza which had a waterfall, trees and benches. The Iglesia de san Agustin is a very grand large church situated next to the plaza. The city is against a backdrop of 3 volcanoes: El Misti, Chachani, and Pichu Pichu which are actually quite far away but seem so ...

Arequipa & Canyon Country

A travel blog entry by benpotter

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... hostel accomm, although the buffets seemed to mess with the guts yet again. During the afternoon we went on a very slow (altitude) walk through the surrounding Inca terraces, seeing everyday village life firsthand before heading to some local thermal springs for a relaxing bathe.

The Wednesday we had to ourselves so we decided to walk from Corporaque to Chivay, about 8km. Whilst the distance should not have been a problems, the combination of 3800 meters above ...

Nervös in Arequipa

A travel blog entry by traveltussie

... auch wenn sie ihren Sinn haben werden, verunsichern sie einen dermaßen, dass man bei jeder Begegnung mit den Peruanern mit dem Schlimmsten rechnet und sich kaum noch normal verhält. Das waren die Tipps der Touristeninformation am Flughafen: Man sollte möglichst nicht zu Fuss durch die Stadt laufen, sondern sich lieber ein Taxi nehmen, aber auf gar keinen Falle irgendein Taxi von der Straße, sondern immer eines durch ...