Coca Tea

On the way up to the Altiplato we drank Coca tea for the altitude sickness. Tastes like spinach but is quite drinkable (cant decide if it´s effects are placebo or not.)

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Colca Canyon

March 11th 2006
Just got back from 2 days in the Colca Canyon and thought we´d give a quick update before we head to Puno (for Lake Titicaca) on Monday 13th. We got picked up from our hostel on Friday morning (happy birthday dad!) and squeezed into a Minivan for the long, bumpy and erraticly driven ride to the Colca Canyon from Arequipa. We´ve mentioned before but Arequipa is about 2500m asl, winding in itsel ... read more

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Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by the Spanish conquistadors in 1533. Peruvian independence was declared in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces defeated in 1... ... read more

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