Posada Nueva Espana
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Arequipa & Colca Canyon - at highish altitude
Arequipa is Peru´s 2nd city, and despite knowing this I was surprised how large it was as we flew over it on approach to the small airport, the city seems to spread out to the edges of the mountains that surround it. The city has not high rise building and nothing can be built taller than the cathedral, this may be way the centre is still full of …
Første stopp i Peru
Nydelig eventyrby- som skinner gyllent i sin hvite vulkanske steinmasse! Byen blir ristet voldsomt nesten hvert århundre av vulkanske utbrudd og jordskjelv, og har blitt det siden spanjolene kom i 1540. Denne kolonialske byen er som en stor kardemommeby, omgitt av et fantastisk fjellsceneri. Vulkanoene reiser seg majestetisk rundt byen, med snø i …
The White City
Our transport to Arequipa was another bus ride with guided tours of sights along the way. Our first stop was Lagunillas lake, which, in the winter time, is home to Chillean pink flamingos. We could only observe them from afar, but the landscape was still beautiful. We made a couple of other stops to admire glaciers and volcanoes along the way. …
Lost Stolen & Found
... which I though was really cool (San Telmo is more of a 5 to 10 story city jungle).
I found their hotel and had a beer and empanada de carne (meat filled pastry) in a cool little cheap local place which we ended up going to a few more times over the weekend.
Woke up really late in my dorm on the Friday and had a wander around San Telmo by day which was completely different and more pleasing than when I had arrived, people everywhere lots of life, ...
Hang On, When Did We Arrive In Europe?
... for one, I wasn't impressed. I'm not a pushy person in any way, but I insisted that we weren't informed of this anywhere on the website, and showed her our booking form and the hostel website itself. She couldn't fault my logic, and conceded to give us a "basic breakfast". We ate three bread rolls each and drank black coffee, while the other customers got fresh breads, smoothies, fruit, and eggs.
As we wandered through Arequipa, I fell more and more ...