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Arequipa- New Year's Eve in the White City

A travel blog entry by eliswift4

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... For lunch we ate at a mediocre tourist restaurant called El Mixto which is only worth going to for the views of the volcano, El Misti, from their rooftop, but since it was spitting rain, we couldn’t really see much. In fact we never successfully viewed the volcano the entire time we were in Arequipa- quite a shame. At lunch I enjoyed my causa which is another traditional Peruvian dish; a kind of mashed potato sandwich filled with ...

Tacna to Arequipa Welcome to Peru

A travel blog entry by maja.flower

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... sand is partly volcanic and looks like a dirty brown.

We caught a taxi for 8$ each 60km over the border to the Peruvian town of Tacna. First shifty border town. At the bus terminal everyone was staring at us and our luggage and we were freaking out we were going to get robbed. We bought bus tickets with Cruz Del Sur the best bust company in Peru and checked in our luggage with them. Even though ...

The town of Sillar!!

A travel blog entry by irishandmonkey

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... it first acquired this nickname in the colonial era, because most of its inhabitants were Creole of Iberian descent. The Historic centre of Arequipa was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000, in recognition of its architecture and historic integrity".

So there you go. Once again, thanks Wikipedia :)

We arrive really early (7am) and meet fellow traveller (who incidentally was on our bus) Amelia from ...

Juanita

A travel blog entry by hannaha

... the mountains were gods and an erupting volcano was a clear sign that the gods were angry. Children were chosen from birth and raised apart from their families and only the most beautiful and intelligent were allowed to become sacrifices, as this was believed to be close to becoming a god themselves. Actually seeing Juanita was a bit sad but I´m still glad we did it (I´m not ...

It WAS the Policeman's fault.

A travel blog entry by timbersfun

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... Queen’s Nile Boat, sail by with tourists having a wee lake cruise. Our boat crew has an island in mind. We land. The reeds are quite pleasant to walk on - the whole feeling very stable. We sit on reed benches and have a talk about life on these islands.....it is all run very efficiently. We eat green reeds that an islander has harvested for us.......look at the trinkets that they have for sale......have a ride in the large reed catamarans.......nice visit but for me ...

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