High altitude toilets

Colca Canyon

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December 3rd 2009
This entry is mainly for Kirsty who has an unhealthy obsession with alpacas :P After getting an overnight bus from Nazca (finally!) I arrived in Arequipa on Monday at 7am. I had managed to catch up by email with a Canadian girl called Tanya I met in Lima, and she was also in Arequipa so I headed straight to her hostel. I arrived and found she had managed to book me onto the same bus as her to ... read more

South America » Peru » Arequipa » Colca Canyon

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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