We spent our final week in Peru in Arequipa, and in the Colca Canyon some 170Kms away. Arequipa is a lovely city, by far the nicest we visited in Peru. It is overshadowed by the mightly, dormant, Misti Volcano. We spent several days relaxing in the sunny climate there before booking a trip to the Colca Canyon, alledgedly the world´s deepest canyon. Our trip got off to a bad start, as we were involved in a bus accident. Fortunately, it was relatively minor by Peruvian standards in that everybody was able to walk or be carried away alive. We were absolutely fine, and after a few hours wait, we were able to carry on in a different bus. The canyon is very remote, and after 5 hours on a bumpy bus we started our walk down
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