Hola mis amigos y mi familia, Hello again from Arequipa. Today is Sunday and enjoying a day of rest and no classes. Although not feeling fully rested as my brain is always bombarded with new words and trying to communicate. My family has been fantastic including me in all kinds of family events from shopping and doctor appointments to trips to t...

HeiHou!! Arequipa isch eigentlech scho e interessanti Stadt! Umgae vo druene aktivae Vulkaen, in mitte vo de Ande, uf 2300m.ue.M. Wi xeit di zwoeit groeschti Stadt vo Peru, u mae cha da wuerklech sehr viu xe! Am erschte Tag wo mr da si aacho (mit em Nachtboess vo Nasca) simer nachemene chliine Stadtrundgang mit dr Reisegruppe, ines so genannts M...

And so after leaving Lima at lunchtime our group headed south on a bus for 6 hours towards our first of a few destinations en route to Cusco; PARACAS - Nothing much to this coastal town but it was to be our base for a tour of the Ballestas Islands. We were up mega early to catch our boat around the islands and I was told I was guaranteed to see ...

Hola chico´s, In onze vorige blog vertelden we jullie dat we aangekomen waren in de boliviaanse stad, La Paz. Kerngezond en dolgelukkig dat we eindelijk weer in de grote stad waren met alle faciliteiten die je nodig hebt. Fer wist veel goeie lekkere ¨betrouwbare¨ restaurantjes waar we ons vol overgave op de maaltijden stortten. We hebben zelfs h...

Since the last update we have gone deep into canyon country, we started off with a visit too Arequipa which is Peru's second largest city and is known to Arequipians as the Independent Republic of Arequipa as they were the first city to break free of Spanish Colonial rule, and when you speak to your guides they are very proud of this fact! The c...

We got to Arequipa at 11pm and went with Connie and Paul to the Hostal Regis (which they´d already booked) to see if they had rooms for us. The place was gorgeous and reasonably cheap too. Me and Lou got a double room with an enormous telly at no extra cost. Went for a couple of drinks down the street that night and hit the hay about 2.30am. We ...

Back in Arequipa with internet access again, one of my first orders of business was finding out more information on the protests and roadblocks. Most of the news articles are in Spanish that is way above my level, but I did manage to find some articles in English and talk to some people who are fluent in both Spanish and English who had more inf...

Najavio sam ranije da ću objaviti nekoliko tematskih foto-albumčića. Taj posao je ipak obavio Mario (Hvala Direktore!), pa ću ja ovdje samo prenijeti linkove na njegov site. 1. Hrana - definitivno na prvom mjestu, "tema" koja nas je prije puta mozda najvise "brinula", tokom cijelog putovanja nas je i najvise odusevila. Hranil...

Hey everyone. Well Arequipa has been an experience. I (Amy) got food poisoning and spent all day yesterday and the night before yesterday in bed puking. Then they called in this doctor who insisted to put me on an IV and it was the sketchiest medical treatment I´ve ever recieved. I was more afraid of catching something for the ¨help¨ then what I...

So this morning I woke up at the usual 5:00 am with the sun, but after only 2 1/2 hours of sleep and a good amount of partying on my b-day, I was not feeling my best. I quick gulp of water and yank of the covers over my head and back to sleep, but only until 7:30. Today 6 of us took horses up to the northern hills above the city. The guide came ...