From the Restaurant of our Last Meal

Arequipa, phew!

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July 7th 2008
Jake: Firstly, sincere apologies for the long delay between blogs. We are currently a long way from Arequipa but were moving a long way in a very short space of time! Here´s the first of a series of updates: Having literally run like screaming little school girls away from the family in the last blog we arrived via night-bus at the whitewashed city of Arequipa. The relief from altitude was c ... 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