Airport and greeting by El Misti

Visiting Misti and the Ice Princess in Arequipa

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May 21st 2011
We arrived in Lima at dawn after a long night on the overnight bus from Huaraz and caught a taxi immediately to the airport. We had no flight booked but were hoping to fly south to Arequipa. Luckily we were able to get a flight leaving a couple of hours later. It was an interesting flight - for over an hour we flew over incredibly barren countryside - kilometers of rolling brown sandy hilly desert ... read more

South America » Peru » Arequipa

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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