La Fontana Hotel Arequipa
Jerusalen 202, Cercado Arequipa, 0054, Peru
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Arequipa- New Year's Eve in the White City
... after "drinking the pink", my stomach was ready for a five star gastronomic experience. Even though we were tempted to order the cuy, which is a specialty of the region, I decided that roast guinea pig might not be the best way to go for my tender intestines. Instead I ordered the roast suckling pig and Jon had the veal ossobuco. Both were absolutely delicious as were the cocktails and trilogy of chocolate mousses for desert. And luckily I ...
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... christ really creepy but I think I was just freaking myself out... they were very life-like.
If I had had more time and less injury I would have liked to go to the Colca Canyon which is ideally a 2 day trip.The Colca Canyon is twice as deep as the Grand Canyon and home to a lot of of cool wildlife. Unfortunately I didn`t have time for it this time, but I reckon there`s a chance I`ll be back one ...
Areeee... areeee... areee....Arequipa ...
... little sandwich bar which made them to order, we had chicken which was very tasty..
As it was getting dark we decided to go to the travel agents to book train tickets to machu picchu and our plane ticket from Cusco to Lima... a very helpful lady who spoke english sorted all this out for us and just as we were about to pay by credit card all the lights went out.. Arequipa had a power cut, the whole town was out... so we promised to return ...
A week in Arequipa
... sights to see including the Monastry- Monasterio de Santa Catalina, this was 500 years old and set on 5 acres, there are still 30 nuns living there today. We spent a few hours wandering around the meandering streets as it was like a city inside a city. It had been well restored with lovely buildings throughout and it had a great atmosphere. We also visited the Museo Santury where Juanita "The ice princess" was. It was quite interesting to hear ...
The town of Sillar!!
... Andinos) in Arequipa, Peru almost continuously since 1996, and was displayed on a tour of Japan in 1999"
As Reinhard and Zárate struggled to lift the heavy bundle containing Juanita's body on Ampato's summit, they realized that her body mass had probably been increased by freezing of the flesh. When initially weighedin Arequipa, the bundle containing "Juanita" weighed over 90 pounds. Their realization turned out to ...


