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Our World Tour 2008 - two laps of the globe in 348 days !

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Colca Canyon - on the way through the desert

Colca Canyon -
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Colca Canyon - on the way through the desert

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The Colca Canyon is about 150km north of Arequipa and we joined a group to spend two days up there to see the famous condors.  The drive there took about 5 hours with a few stops on the way mostly through arid desert. The road initially was very good and we were making good progress.  After about an hour the pot holes began to become more and more prevalent and the minibus was reduced to a crawl at some points. We spent the rest of the day in Chivay (the main town in the canyon) after a buffet lunch that included alpaca....

The next day we were up for 6am to go to Cruz Del Condor to see the famous birds.   The road by now was awful and at some points we were driving through rivers in  minibus.  We really could have done with  a 4x4 but we were stuck with the bus.  We reached Cruz Del Condor and all we could see was cloud.  Unfortunately there were no condors to be seen all day and we arrived back in Arequipa at abut 5pm after some crazy driving in the mist on the way back.
 
That evening we met up with Brad (an Australian guy we had met on the tour) and had a few beers/vinos.  He obviously has the Aussie skill of sniffing out a good bar as we ended up in a stylish roof terrace bar complete with comfy leather sofas (plus the drinks were very cheap !).


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Hmmmm.... (reply)
Feb 8, 2008 21:15 EST by lozza76 

You wanna stay away from them Aussies


Big Bird (reply)
Jan 28, 2008 15:12 EST by therickards 

Any chance of getting hold of another bird like the one Alex had, looks as though it would make an interesting change next Christmas.

Another interesting looking trip,pity about the Condors but more good photos.

Dad R


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