La Gruta Arequipa

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... supposed to take just under ten hours. The afternoon before I left, I ate some questionable menú, and had a pretty nasty stomach ache for the next 24 hours (thank god not the kind of stomach ailment that necessitates access to a baño, though, just hurtin). I got a pretty cheap ticket for a semi-cama seat, meaning one that reclines almost all the way and has a hefty portion of leg room (almost enough to be comfortable). Ten minutes out of ...

... beautiful main square where you can sit on the upper balconies sipping drinks.......<br><br>The next morning we had an early start to leave for the Colca Canyon. Passed through the national park of vicuanas (Peru has 3 cameloids, llamas, alpacas and vicunas which are wild and have the finest thread).....started to notice the altitude and cold as we climbed to 4900m. Road was pretty horrendous, once was a bitumen road but now ...

... There are only 20 nuns remaining in a new convent running alongside and within the original walls. The nuns no longer have to live such a restrictive life.<br><br>The roof tops of the monastery offers lovely views of the volcano, El Misti, that overlooks the city. A perfect cone at 5,822m and guarded on either side by mountains Chachani &amp; Pichu-Pichu. During our city walks we crossed over the river to a small suburb called Yanahuara in which there is a 1750 mestizo-style church ...

... his partner got through maybe ¾ of their presentation in the allotted time, and then they got ripped to shreds during the Q&amp;A session &#8211; on everything from their topic to how they formatted their paper. We did not think it was going to be a good result, but, apparently the standards for an undergraduate thesis are not too strenuous &#8211; and they passed. <br><br>On Saturday, I attended my first Saturday event with Serving Alto Cayma. As an aside, since, as ...

Today I had a very powerful experience. We went to speak with a family who is being supported by Serving Alto Cayma. The kids have a padrino, basically a godfather from the US who provides them with things they need. There are two kids, a girl and a boy, both of whom have a degenerative muscular disease. The girl, Josette, is 22 and the boy, Juan Alberto, is 20. They are gradually losing the use of their bodies. Right now, Josette is confined ...

... had a perfect view of the cathedral and volcano in background. The volcano is semi dormant and is a main sight in the city. Rest of day we took it easy and relaxed in the city and our hostel, which was really nice and peolppe working there were very friendly.<br>Wed Shar was sick so it was a quite day.<br>Thursday we decided to do a tour within the city-it was a tour called ´City within a city´. It is a place where nuns used ...

... of one of the worlds deepest canyons.<br><br>Got up at 5 am the next morning to begin the hike back to Cabanaconde and out of the canyon. Started out a bit tough as the sun had not risen by this time and there was not much moonlight to guide us. Still we made quick progress and we were back on level ground and in the town of Cabanaconde in about 3 hours. The next struggle was trying to squeeze onto the packed local bus the Cruz del ...

... got<br>ready in our room and straightened their hair, then at 6.30pm we met<br>on the roof terrace for pre dinner drinks.<br><br>At 8pm we went to a really nice restaurant for food, cocktails and cake,<br>unfortunately there was a very rude old man in the restaurant who<br>didn't know how to have a laugh, it amused us though. After the meal<br>we went to a bar with live music and happy hour cocktails, we did<br>some dancing before heading to another bar with a roof top disco. We ...

... condoru. Tady jsme ztravili asi 3hodiny kratkou prochazkou a sledovanim plachteni condoru ve volne prirode. Po navratu jsme meli se sli s Martinem projit krajinou a pak nasledoval obed, ktery byl moc dobry. Vecer jsem sla do mistnich lazni a Martin se sel dobrovolne horpat do hor aby si vyfotil zapad slunce nad horami. <br>Dalsi den jsme se vraceli zpet do mesta Arequipa kde jsme si zasli na obed. Vyzkouseli jsme mistni peruvianskou specialitu¨Guienua pig- morce¨. Dalsi den nas ...