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Shalea - Shalea | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 3 Comment(s) | 18 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=303763] | 2008-09-02 08:07:24
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Well, I'm so far behind on updating this thing that it’s gotten well past the point of ridiculous. I’m not only home already, but school has started so it’ll probably take me the rest of the year to finish up the blogs on a just the few weeks of travel. I’ve been told it’s expected though (and I suppose it’s good for me as well to have the record) so I plan on doing it..slowly but surely. Colca July 19-21 My last weekend in Arequipa I finally did the Colca Canyon Trek. This “trek” (I don’t know the definition, but I [View Full Entry]
Even though trekking is not my favorite activity, I decided that I should experience the world´s deepest canyon a little more personally.Signing up for a challenging 3 day hike for 50 dollars, how can you argue with that price? A 430 am pickup, I met the guide, Nestor. A short, cute guy who is from the Colca Canyon itself. As we waited for the two Irish girls who slept in, we danced some salsa in the hotel foyer. The van was full of trekkers and we all slept on the 4 hour ride out to the canyon. Our first stop, the [View Full Entry]
gigiyogini - gina zappia | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 0 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=315134] | 2008-08-23 01:14:01
The Colca Canyon is located about 160 km northwest of Arequipa and it's the second deepest canyon in the world, more than twice as deep as the Grand Canyon!! We took a two day tour to explore. The bus took us through the altiplano passing the highest point of 4800m before descending down into Chivay, the largest town around the canyon where we spent the night and also visited the local hot springs. It was so cold at night and there was no heating in our hotel! We saw several locals walking around just wearing sandals on their bare feet and [View Full Entry]
MONIA AND KIKI - Monika and Kristin | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 149 Photo(s) | 1 Video(s) | [diary=311055] | 2008-08-16 00:00:46
Thats what we hiked down and then up in two days! My brother and I along with 8 others took a 3 day trek into the Colca Canyon and it was amazing! I have never seen mountains, rivers, canyon or anything like it before. I´ll let you just look at the pictures to see for yourselves. The trek itself was really hard and unfortunatly the last hike up the other two from Team America wussed out and took donkeys up. The days were really hot which made it even harder to climb and then the nights were hovering around the freezing [View Full Entry]
Henry the Navigator - Rob Angelora | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 1 Comment(s) | 46 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=307535] | 2008-08-02 21:42:50
By McCrae Ladies in Peru
July 29th 2008
July 29th 2008
Rub a dub dub, a hundred people in a tub
South America » Peru » Arequipa » Colca Canyon
We were picked up at our hotel by our guide Daniel and headed out of Arequipa with a group of other tourists for a two day tour of the Colca Canyon region. The Colca Canyon is the deepest canyon in the world, more than two and a half times the depth of the Grand Canyon. We made various stops along the drive to the canyon town of Chivay. We saw beautiful mountains views, surrounding volcanoes, and took photos of volcano Ampato where Juanita was found. We stopped in Chivay for a buffet brunch of traditional Peruvian food (we both enjoyed the [View Full Entry]
McCrae Ladies in Peru - Laura and Anne | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 0 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=306040] | 2008-07-29 19:13:15
After my birthday, Preetham and I decided to head to the town of Arequipa to visit the nearby Colca Canyon, which is the second deepest canyon in the world. (the deepest canyon is Cotahuasi Canyon, which is also in Peru but farther away from Arequipa). We took an overnight Cruz del Sur bus from cusco to arequipa and we were really impressed with the bus initially! It was like a plane, with a stewardness, movie, and a meal!!! We both ate the meal (lomo saltado... beef with rice and potatoes) even though we had already eaten dinner. This greediness would be [View Full Entry]
Premi and Preetham - Premi Suresh | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 10 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=304060] | 2008-07-27 01:24:16
Blogger Bec Early, crack of dawn, sparrow´s start this morning for a long bus ride to the depths of Colca Canyon to see the famed Andean condors - filthy ugly yet majestic creatures found only in the Canyon. The ride to the condor lookout was spectacular. Incan terraces lined the cliffs and tiny villages dotted the countryside. The sun was out, not a cloud in the sky. Many of us were still a little shaky from the very high altitude but we were compos mentus enough to take in the scenery. I think the photos speak for themselves but suffice [View Full Entry]
Doug and Bec - Doug Taylor and Bec Fidler | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 1 Comment(s) | 14 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=301136] | 2008-07-22 21:40:17
Having arrived in Arequipa ( a nice change to be only 2300m ASL), it was straight off on a tour to the Colca Canyon - now believed to be the deepest canyon in the world. We drove out across the mountains, passing various sights on our way to a small town called Chivay which would be our base for the next couple of days. The hostel that I was staying in had some interesting residents - I had a herd of sheep for company outside my room! We spent a couple of hours in some hot springs just outside Chivay, which [View Full Entry]
trevskii - Trevor Price | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 3 Comment(s) | 8 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=297041] | 2008-07-08 22:12:56
We left Arequipa and took a bus to Calca Canyon. We travelled to altitude levels reaching 4000 ft above sea level, so on the way we stopped to get some coca leaves and coca sweets which help with altitude sickness. They suggested we put the leaves in our mouths and chew on them but they are really bitter and make your mouth numb so I didnt do that for that long! Also on the journey we stopped for coca tea (this is hot water with coca leaves in) this was much better and tasted a bit like green tea. We were [View Full Entry]
ann fausset - Ann Fausset | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 0 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=297664] | 2008-07-09 21:43:59
We had a really early start today. We went to a place were we would be able to see Condors. It waw really cold and we waited about an hour only to see condors in the very distance. When we were just about to leave the Condors began to fly right near us! We were in a perfect location because we had some of the condors fly right above our heads and two landed just in front of us. They were really impressive they are abiut a meter tall and have a wing span of about 3 meters. Later than moring [View Full Entry]
ann fausset - Ann Fausset | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 0 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=297668] | 2008-07-09 21:57:42