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Day 2 of Colca Canyon - Rants
... of problems with another tour group. But let's take a step back. All the guides here say they dislike Tourists from Israel. They have trouble following and listening to the guide. They just want to do there own thing. Furthermore they generally travel in large groups expecting significant discount on everything they do. They share their experiences on a Hebrew website apparently slandering companies that don't provide discount. And they ...
Day 1 - Colca Canyon tour
... acclimatised for half an hour over tea and a short shopping excursion. When we arrived the place was near empty, when we left, it had filled substantially. Further along the road we encountered a flock if Alpacas being shepherded by a young boy and girl. Clickety click click. The road into Chivay passes by the Los Andes Look Out where you can get sweeping vistas of the surrounding country side. Chivay its self is a town of dirt roads, dirty walls and every ...
In the valley
... were staying in the delightful Casa de Mama Yachi, complete with stunning views and a llama as a house pet. The journey there took us to the high point of our trip so far, literally, with the road rising to 4800m above sea level, where the air is very thin. We had our first lesson in how to combat altitude sickness using coca leaves. Basically chewing cocaine. We learn more about the indigenous Peruvians and their attachment to Mother Earth, the Pacha Mama. Also passed lots of ...
Trekking the Colca Canyon
... the 9th member of our group, nicknamed 'banana' after gorging on left over banana. Then for an early night in our 'rustic' bungalow, we didn't mind the lack of electric, warm showers, proper roof etc but the bed that felt like it was made of bricks was pretty rubbish after a long day! Day 2, breakfast in Peru is always either bread and jam or banana pancakes, today pancakes. We set off for a three hour trek along the bottom of the canyon, aiming for the 'oasis', less steep this ...
Arequipa and beyond
Our bus rolled into Arequipa early and we figured we must have to wait a bit to get picked up. In the meantime I bought our tickets for the next bus, the following night to go to the border with Chile, so that we can continue on our adventure. It got to around 7am and there still wasn't anyone to greet us. Thankfully I had the phone number for the lady in Cusco who had booked our tour and I called her. She barely listened to what I had to say and hung up. ...
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