Day 66 - Colca Canyon
May 27th 2010 Today we started on our way to Colca Canyon, stopping at many viewpoints, villages and markets along the way. We learnt the differences between llamas and alpacas (finally!) - llamas are bigger (120kg) with longer necks and ears, multicoloured coats and long faces like kangaroos. They can carry 40kg on their backs and their wool is used for rope and blankets. Alpacas have longer hair (the "suri" s
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