Blogs from Arequipa, Arequipa, Peru, South America - page 46

Deja deux semaines au Pérou, tout ce passe bien jusqu'a présent; il fait chaud, la bouffe est excellente et tourista est au rendez-vous. Le voyage de MOntréal a Lima a été tres long, 2 jours complet (qu'est-ce qu'on ferrait pas pour sauver du cash.) En passant saviez-vous que c'est fini la bouffe gratis dans les avions, ben juste les petit drinks artificiels, le reste y faut payer. Mais ca vaut toujours le coup pour arriver dans le sud. Lima était comme je l'avais laissée, elle est toujours aussi acceuillante, colorée et généreuse pour le voyageur. Manuel était au rendez-vous un peu en retard mais fallait s'y attendre, mais on lui pardonne facilement vu son hospitalité sans limite. Il nous a preté sont apart pour la semaine et nous a emmené dans un endroit magnifique, Las Salinas, ... read more

So after saying my sad goodbyes to Venezuela, it was back on the Gringo Trail to see and do as much as possible, for as little as possible, in as short of time as possible!! It´s pretty easy to do here as everything in Perú appears to be set up for day-trips, multi-day trips, overnight buses and conveniently spaced hostels! It´s a traveller´s paradise here and makes poor Venezuela look like an obstacle course just to get around. (dont get me wrong, I loved the challenge and often it wasn´t THAT hard... ít´s just not laid out on a platter like it is here!). I arrived in Lima late on the 27th of December - spent the first night in a great hostel, the TamboPacaya. The owner was so incredibly friendly and ended up acting as ... read more

1 dia en Arequipa South America » Peru » Arequipa » Ciudad de Arequipa By NitramDecember 10th 2006I just spent 2 days in Peru where I got to see Arequipa, a nice Southern city full of old churches and covents. I arrived there after a night on the bus and only stayed for a day before hoping on another bus en route to Puno, on the Lake Titicaca. Pretty quick but I got to see the centre, visit the Santa Catalina Covent and rest at the huge Mercado Central.... read more

Back in Arequipa, I had a bit of a holy day - visited a monastery, convent, cathedral, one Jesuit and several Catholic Churches. Parents, I hope you are proud! Bronagh, I hope you are still speaking to me!... read more

Hello! so i think that last time we wrote, we had just arrived back from the Inca Trail, which you will be plased to know that we have now fully recovered from! it was great to be back in Cusco and not feel ill! we met some really nice couples on the trail who were staying in our hostel (yes, south America seems like a realtionship test for most travellers!!) and so we had a really good night out with them, finished off with, yes, you guessed it, another menu del dia that was dirt cheap! In our last day in Cusco, we decided to head up to ´sexy woman´ruins with Stuart and Isobel, one of said nice couples! we were totally unprepared and half way up the heavens opened, doh! when we go to the ... read more