Arequipa Travel Blogs

Another day in Arequipa. We went to some outskirts of the city. First a colourful market. Then a school, managed by a priest from Malta who welcomed us. At the school was an eating-house which takes care of hundred of poor families. The small kids from the school sung songs for us. They got fruit (…

One of my favorite neighborhoods/districts in Arequipa.  Will blog more about it later.  FYI...Yanahuara means...Yana = black/negrohuara= breeches/calzón

We are exhausted from a two day tour to the Colca Canyon and back, having seen many llamas, alpacas, handicrafts and other tourists.  We also witnessed the beauty that is a condor soaring high above this morning after a 5 a.m. wake up call.  But first… I got robbed!!    Yes…

My last day in Arequipa. We would see some minor sights and just stroll around the city. After all, I might never come here again in my life. An extra day in a faraway city cannot be a bad thing. We saw all kinds of typical peruvian things and just the way people live in this city. I noticed th…

day 2 of the colca valley tour started early... at 5:30 am the high altitude influenced dreamful sleep was ended. and all that just for watching some stupid birds, condors, basically giant pigeons... i hated them already... get extinct already!the bus ride to the condor cross, a spot with a hi…

      Our first stop this morning was the Monasterio de Santa Catalina, a serene convent founded by the Dominicans in 1579. We spent two hours wandering around the labyrinthine complex, which today only houses thirty cloistered nuns, who are kept out of sight of the tourist…

Sunday 24 Feb, 2008Today was a sleep-in day! Well a little bit anyway. Chris got up early and left to take photos while Gloria and I took our time. Breakfast was good... eggs with ham, pineapple juice, rolls and coffee. I decided to do a few macro photos, so I walked around the hostel, which was ve…

This is a letter that I wrote to myself while in Peru this past August....im sure there are many spelling and grammer errors and I could have written it better. But thats not the point....I have decided to write myself an email today simply because I have not written in my journal on a daily b…

It's another "late" time to rise rise again today, since there is just one city on the program for today: Arequipa. So after breakfast, we step out of the hotel to wait to be picked up by the bus right in front of the exit. But during our waiting time, we are besieged by saleswomen, who try to sell…

A success on my 1st TB meetup in Peru. Yadi helped me a lot on this occassions. As per my vouched for her goes like this: "You've been our travel angel, our trip facilitator, our saviour in difficult times, our muse, in short: our unbeatable VIP! Yadi worked her ass off to provide us w/ an unforgettable stay in her beautiful country (best holidays ever!)

I arrived friday around 6:30 am to Lima after a wonderful trip vacation with Frank my first travbuddy so i took a taxi and i arived home after 20 minutes  first i started to make my student homeworks  then i took a shower to keep awake to receive my students luckly they arrived around 9&n…

Briefly said. The best trip you can imagine. Great culture, fantastic nice people and an outstanding nature. Really worth every penny.

Arequipa is awesome! weather is cold...but is worthy to tolerate it! Going to Colca canyonn was a hole adventure and seeing those hugeeeeeee condors flying all over the place was pretty cool!!! Also, i enjoyed a lot the hot swim at those naturals 'aguas termales' (dont forget to do that! is so rela…

When I got into the nightbus in Nazca it was already full with backpackers snoring and it was quite warm. For the people who couldn't sleep there was a Spanish movie which was quite hilarious. I was seated in the front row again and of course this time I buckled up. Next to me was an American …

I left Sunday in the wee hours of the morning. My daughter Sarah dropped me off. One of the perks of having a teen daughter. She can finally chauffer me around for once. Sarah walked with me into the airport and I had a vague guilty feeling since this is the first time I have traveled while Sarah i…