La Fontana Hotel Arequipa

... the Nazca lines (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazca_Lin es). Don´t worry, I had no idea what they were either, and whilst they weren´t bad, my personal highlight was sitting in the co-pilot´s seat, wearing aviators and trying to convince the somewhat grumpy pilot to request a fly by!<br><br>We´re now in Arequipa and about to go our separate ways for a while. Lucy´s looking for Spanish courses so we have a chance of ...

... et cest la que ca devient drole, je me prends un de ces pelles, que jen ris tte seule, carlos le chauffeur du 4x4 a du bien se marrer: il me dit que jai vole par dessus le velo! ms tt va bien a part que je suis tte de marron vetue!!! cets bien sympa, jin me regle ma selle, mes vitesses , il est au petit soin, il joue le role du guide alors que le vrai guide lui est tt le temps a la traine!!! des fois il ns indique le chemin, ns dit tt le temps ...

We made our way back to Arequipa for the sole intention of climbing Nevado Chachani which is the highest of the volcanoes in that region at 6,075m. In the local Quechua language, it literally means &#8220;skirt&#8221;; and a female character is normally attributed to the mountain in local legends.<br><br>Chachani has extremely low levels of precipitation and is therefore unusual as it does not have a permanent ice cap or glaciers. This means apart from the obvious problems with altitude ...

... it &#8211; got it? Oh, but don't forget that many of the roads around here are gravel or stone with huge pot holes. In case you thought those soap box cars had shocks, they didn&#8217;t! And also think about the amount of leg room you have in an airplane in coach class and then cut that in half. So are you getting the picture? Now imagine travelling for one hour like this &#8211; are you with me now?<br><br>Alto Cayma is what is referred to as a settlement ...

We arrived in Arequipa dazed and a little confused - since leaving Vilcabamba we had spent 8 hours on the international bus, 20 hours in Piura, and another 31 hours travelling from Piura via Lima to Arequipa. <br><br>We spent our first day in Arequipa recovering from the journey and slowly wandering around the colonial centre and the Plaza de Armas, a beautiful cloistered square of which one side is a huge Cathedral. Arequipa sits in a valley surrounded by mountains ...

... about lunchtime and our guide, a lovely local lass called Abi was standing up at the front of the minibus turning round talking to us about the plan for lunch when all of the sudden there was a huge screech of brakes, a massive jolt forward and a horrible crunch as Abi slammed into the windscreen and broke the glass. I put my head in my hands for a second expecting the worst but looked up to see Abi amazingly sitting back in her seat having picked herself up off the ...

... the cob. The dish was wonderful ! I'd be happy with just it's sauce on rice =). Cuy chactado is fried guinea pig - yes the whole thing, fried, with head and tail - like a tiny lechon. The cuy tastes like chicken.. well, tastier .. more like cornish hen, but with a little bit of an aftertaste.. but a nice one. The crispy skin was to-die-for :D. Rocoto Relleno is sweet bell pepper stuffed with ground meat, cooked in ...

Hello All<br><br>So I have been in Arequipa nearly a week now and its been pretty good so far. Today is my first proper shift at the hostel, i'm going to be running it on my own on saturdays and sundays haha which i think is quite funny. I think i shall make a good hostel runner (is that the word)?<br><br>I arrived here on Monday and was supposed to start my course that morning but i have been suffering with the alititute so have delayed it by a week, so now i start tommorow ...

... par ouvrir les 2 bieres quon a emportees!! cette soiree Frank me raconte lhistoire des 2 derniers Incas: Huscar (a  Cusco) et Atahualpa (a Quito)  respectivement fils legitime et  illegitime de Huyana Capac...un moment dhistoire Inoubliable!!! Dimanche 14 7h30-9h30 visite des ruines Wari. genial! perdues et vierges au milieu de la vegetation! on voit le cimetiere et tout cons de touristes quon est on sy amuse... (on avait demander la permission avant dy ...

One morning I was at the breakfast table at Home Sweet Home finishing off my breakfast when I was joined by a German guy with his 3 friends. He asked if I was travelling alone to which I had responded yes. He then immediately must have thought that it was an appropriate time to slate everyone that did travel alone. First, by saying that it must be lonely, to which I replied that you meet people all the time &#8211; more so than if you were travelling with ...