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November 7th 2009  South America » Peru » Arequipa » Colca Canyon
Set off yesterday to search for condors in the Andes. Left Arequipa early in the morning in a miniibus heading for the Colca Valley which is about 200 kilometres away. On normal roads that shouldn't t ... [full story]

Colca Canyon
5 days ago: Gab O published a blog
Colca Canyon
October 13th 2009  South America » Peru » Arequipa » Colca Canyon
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Arequipa and the Colca Canyon
19 days ago: mlschmitz published a blog
Arequipa and the Colca Canyon
October 20th 2009  South America » Peru » Arequipa » Colca Canyon
Que tal chicos! So while I’m sure that all of you were watching the Badger game this past Saturday, I was enduring quite a rivalry myself…..between me…..and the deepest canyon i ... 37 photos [full story]

17th October
20 days ago: codemonkey published a blog
17th October
October 17th 2009  South America » Peru » Arequipa » Colca Canyon
It was about 1.00 am when I woke up and decided that I really needed to go and water the plants if I was ever going to get back to sleep. This wasn’t easy though, our “rustic bungalow&rdqu ... 2 photos [full story]

16th October
20 days ago: codemonkey published a blog
16th October
October 16th 2009  South America » Peru » Arequipa » Colca Canyon
Our target for the day today was to reach the village of Sangalle. This was a four hour trek away from San Juan de Chuccho, but a trek that was mostly on level ground. So my calf muscles that were cur ... 4 photos [full story]

15th October
20 days ago: codemonkey published a blog
15th October
October 15th 2009  South America » Peru » Arequipa » Colca Canyon
Late evening, lying star shaped on a bed, staring out of the window of our “rustic bungalow” (tour agency speak for “farm out building”), I can’t quite believe where we a ... 3 photos [full story]

3 day trek into the Colca Canyon
20 days ago: Jessica lb published a blog
3 day trek into the Colca Canyon
October 18th 2009  South America » Peru » Arequipa » Colca Canyon
This is probably one of the most memorable and tough experiences Ive had here so far! We descended into the deepest canyon in the world on day one, taking us 4 hours. We reached a tiny village nestled ... 20 photos [full story]

21 days ago: GregStewart published a blog
Peru 2
October 18th 2009  South America » Peru » Arequipa » Colca Canyon
Amigos, I must be honest. The first blog entry was quite a bit out of date. In fact, I’m starting this second entry before the first is even posted. The main issue was the pictures. Let&rsquo ... [full story]

Colca Canyon - Full of Big Birds
24 days ago: babyape published a blog
Colca Canyon - Full of Big Birds
October 14th 2009  South America » Peru » Arequipa » Colca Canyon
The 3 of us set off for Chivay on our tour of Colca Canyon. We stopped at various tacky places on the way where the locals sell you tat and give you Coca Tea to help with altitude, not sure about that ... 67 photos [full story]

Colca Canyon - What goes down must go up!
September 23rd 2009  South America » Peru » Arequipa » Colca Canyon
Our last stop in Peru was Arequipa, in order for us to do the Colca Canyon trek. We travelled down with some Aussie friends we met on the Inka Jungle, and decided to book on a tour with them for the n ... 16 photos [full story]


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Chivay
Barn above Miņa
Cactus
Yummy!
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homestay Maria our host
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lunch stop
Arequipa to Colca Canyon
And little sister wanted her 50 cents too!
Valle del Colca
fat and lazy
Condor
Little girl explaining local crops...
Vizcacha

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