Blogs from Arequipa, Arequipa, Peru, South America - page 47

A quiet rumble at first to capture the attention of a prowling fox, then a thunderous crack, and an endless shadow that sent the soaring birds into retreat, and finally the red glow of the rivers of fire running down the white mountains would tell the villagers that once again the god was angry. Having taken heed of the mountains cries the Incas would set out on a journey. A journey that began hundreds of kilometers away in the capital city of Cusco, and would bring the party to the crater summit of the majestic cone shaped volcano that they believed to be a god. The journey was not a simple trek, but rather a battle of endurance through extreme heat and cold, harsh wind and lashing sands, at dizzying altitudes. Once they got up there, ... read more

Forgot to mention that on our last day in Cusco, we went to see a footy game between the local team (3rd in league) and Lima (1st in league). It was really good fun, simply becasue there was so much action. 5 sending-offs, 6 goals and 2 massive stadium fights where riot police (and army?!?) got involved. There was a slightly worrying 'kerffufle' outside at the end where the police on horses got involved (which did scare me a bit), but apart from that, it was sooooo good. Much better than the game in Rio where nothing happened at all. Anyway, we had a seriously tedious journey to Arequipa on the bus. It was during the daytime (11 hrs) and was boiling hot (even for me!) and all the Peruvians on the bus were in fleeces ... read more

Visita de la ciudad de Arequipa. Visita al monasterio de Santa Catalina, una ciudad dentro de otra ciudad. Monasterio que ocupa un espacio de varias manzanas con sus propias calles internas. Lugar donde iban las segundas hijas de todas las familias mas ricas del lugar. Tenian sus propias casas y sirvientas. Visita también al museo de joyas andinas donde se encuentra la momia de Juanita, la princesa de hielo. Momia encontrada en un volcan que fue conservada en el hielo durante mas de 500 años. Resultado de una ofrenda Inca a la madre naturaleza, la Pachamama. English Visit of the city of Arequipa. Visit to the monastery of Santa Catalina, a city in the city of Arequipa. Monastery that is bigger than occupies a large area and has it's own inside streets. Place where all the ... read more

Bonjour à tous. Je veux tout d'abord m'excuser à tous (et en particulier à Richard) pour les terribles fautes d'orthographe qui peuplent le blog en très grand nombre et qui sont souvent assez tragiques (ex: trajait). J'ai relu certains passages et croyez moi, je suis très gêné. Mais je vous jure que je sais écrire et si vous m'envoyez une enveloppe pré-affranchie, je vous ferai parvenir une copie de mes bulletins de notes de cours de français pour vous le prouver. Maintenant, après cet introduction, je peux recommencer à parler du voyage et à faire des fautes! La dernière fois, je vous disais que Lima souffrait d'une réputation qu'elle ne méritait pas. Et bien c'est pas tout à fait exact. Il semble plutôt qu'on se soit limité aux beaux quartiers. Lorsqu'on a pris un taxi pour ... read more

This blog is for my two friends, Sarah and Eli who have just been engaged. To love, laughter and happily ever after. Cheers! TRAGICALLY HIP IN PERU THE REED ISLANDS of PUNO Puno is located near Lake Titicaca, the highest navigable lake in the world, home to the floating reed islands, and from where legend claims the founders of the Inca Empire emerged. Lake Titicaca covers 3,305 square miles of the southern highlands of Peru, on the border between Peru and Bolivia. It is the largest lake in South America. Bolivia and Peru have had arguments about whom it belongs to and have said we will get the “Titi” and you will get the “Caca” and finally they have agreed to split it somewhere in the middle, we will each get “Ti-Ca”, “Ti-Ca”, to make “Titicaca”. ... read more