http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Arequipa/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from South America , Peru , Arequipa en-us Thu, 23 May 2013 10:27:31 +0000 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:27:31 +0000 Firstly thank you for all the contributions to my Free Belinda fund If someone could just let work know it39ll be 2014 before I head back that would be super Please don39t stop the donations though happy to never return to work or maybe remote login Ok ok no more boring work talk This last week has been busy as usual When I last wrote I39d just arrived in La Paz world39s http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Arequipa/Arequipa/blog-786672.html 6 hours of busing took us from Puno to Arequipa surrounded by a handful of volcanoes and double that in mountains. Arequipa is nicknamed the white city because of its unique brickwork made of the volcano deposits. But less of the facts and more about what we have been up toWe39d made no plans for our first day in the town simply to get there find some accommodation buy some food eat and h http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Arequipa/Colca-Canyon/blog-784031.html On route to the Canyon around April 813We explored the town Cabanaconde and the Colca Canyon via a stopover in the city of Arequipa. First some quick points about Arequipa. This busy city is a nice size of about one million people. The main square is very lovely with many offshoot streets filled with shopping and restaurants. We luckily found a great local diner on San Francisco street not http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Arequipa/Colca-Canyon/blog-783722.html 2627th April 13 Arequipa Our final couple of days in the lovely city of Arequipa but before I go into that I have to add in a bit I missed about our Colca Canyon Trip. The whole of the time we were in the minibus Howard was opening and closing the window so he could stick his arm out and take pictures infact he took well over 200 pictures on this trip He was so attached to the camera I h http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Arequipa/Arequipa/blog-783315.html 2425th April 13 The Colca Canyon TripWe were picked up at 7.45am to start our 2 day 1 night trip to the Colca Cayon. Our minibus was a right mixed bunch of ages and nationalities there were 2 Argentinians 3 Chinese including the mad camera woman who we had thought was Japanese from our trip to Cachi in Argentina 1 Thai 4 Polish 4 Peruvians us and 1 American. Our guide Wilber was a http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Arequipa/Colca-Canyon/blog-783188.html The Arequipa Cooking Experience is great for learning to make a certain dish and building your confidence level in your abilities. It WILL NOT instantly turn you into a world class cook of Peruvian cuisine but you will know how to make the dish that you signed up for. Being the first to sign up is the trick. If you are first YOU get to select the menu item that you will prepare. Get in touch wit http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Arequipa/Arequipa/blog-783017.html 22413 ArequipaI slept the whole night through no gasping woo hoo Today we did next to nothing just getting acclimatised or rather sitting in the garden being lazy Hunger eventually drove us out and we ate with the locals in a tiny little place with about 8 tables squashed into it luckily one was free. For 1.30 we had a huge bowl of Peruvian broth like scotch broth with lots of lentil http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Arequipa/Arequipa/blog-782530.html Peru21413 Arica Chile to Tacna and on to Arequipa PeruLast night Howard had to make a stand or should I say sprag on the bunch of Chilean lads who were making a right racket after the official 11pm SILENCIO He gave them until 11.30pm and then off he went to the office to complain. He shot back into our room just before the member of we heard one of the staff giving them a stern telling o http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Arequipa/Arequipa/blog-782524.html Baslica Catedral de Arequipa httpwww.museocatedralarequipa.org.pehome.html The Cathedral of Arequipa has within the last two years incorporated a very worthwhile museum. Due to the nature of its construction it does not seem very handicap friendly so I would not advise even trying it for wheelchair bound individuals. There is a LOT of upstairs climbing to get to the surprise at the end http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Arequipa/Arequipa/blog-782303.html Atvaiuojam atgal Areuip tik apie 4 nakties. I stoties su taksi vaiuojam iki Alexo nam ir krentam miegot. Pamiegam visai neblogai. Dien nieko taip ir nenuveikiam tiesiog prasdim namie. Reikia iek tiek atsigauti po ygio. Be to gera proga daugiau pabendrauti su Alexu. Maysa pietums pagamina spageius o Alex paruoia keisto vietinio grimo pagaminto i violetins spalvos http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Arequipa/Arequipa/blog-781462.html El Monasterio de Santa Catalina de Arequipa. The Peruvians use monastery and convent pretty much interchangeably so it is really the Convent of Santa Catalina. The price for general admission is 35 soles per person roughly ten bucks and to get the full benefit you will want to hire a guide for an additional 20 soles for the group. After an hour with the guide you can return at your leisure t http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Arequipa/Arequipa/blog-781017.html iandien ikeliaujam 7 ryto. Iki kito miestelio kuriame yra terminiai vandenys tik 2 val kelio tad atj ten papraom kad pagamint pusryius o mes tuo tarpu einam pasimaudyti terminiuose vandenyse. alia ups slnio apaioje pastatyti trys skirting temperatr baseiniukai du apyiliai ir vienas labai kartas. Tuo tarpu upje vanduo ledinis. Ikart lendam pat kari http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Arequipa/Colca-Canyon/blog-780948.html Okay I39m a bit grumpy right now. I had about three pages written for this blog none of it saved. I touched one wrong key on my laptop and pfttttt GONE Now I am saving every other sentence.I am behind on my posts because my wireless card in my laptop took a dump. I got a neat little TC Link device and we39re back in business. We arrived in Lima on 492013. For those of you from other http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Arequipa/Arequipa/blog-780932.html iandien laukia taip pat nelengva diena. Gan vlai isikraptom i lovos pradedam eiti tik apie 8 ryto. I pat ryto pasukam neteisingu takeliu kuris lyg ir atrod neblogas bet vl netiktai baigsi. ia laiko daug nepraradom bet iki normalaus kelio teko ropoti staiu laitu. iandien reik nueiti gerokai didesn atstum bet su maiau pakilim ir nusileidim. Pirmiausia reiki http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Arequipa/Colca-Canyon/blog-780841.html Kaip planav atsikeliam i ryto ir keliaujam tiesiai autobus su visais daiktais nes po kondor stebjimo pradsim savo keli dien yg psti. Autobusas pilnut pilnutlis moni dauguma vietiniai vaiuojantys tik kelis kilometrus iki savo trobos. Neinau k jie ia visi taip anksti veikia. Autobuse taip pat pasirodo piktai atrodanti vakarykt policinink ar parko pri http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Arequipa/Colca-Canyon/blog-780713.html I ryto papusryiajam ir vl vaiuojam miest. Pirmiausia su Alexu einam iki kakokios staigos senamiestyje panau lyg ir bank. ia jis trumpai susitikti su kakokia drauge. Bankas sikrs vienoje i senamiesio gatveli bet domiausia kad skirtingi banko padaliniai sikr skirtinguose pastatuose bet tame paiame skersgatvyje. Prie kelias dienas dar prie Tit http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Arequipa/Cabanaconde/blog-780576.html Autobusas gerokai patogesnis nei tie kuriais teko vainti Bolivijoj tad nakt visai padoriai pamiegam. Atvaiuojam Arequip apie 5 ryto. ia turim susitikti su CSeriu Alex pas kur ir turtumm apsistoti. Bet reikia palaukti iki 8 ryto tada jam paskambinsim taip buvom su juo sutar. Terminalas veikia pilnu tempu jame pilna moni tad susirandam viet atsissti pairim fi http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Arequipa/Arequipa/blog-780533.html We woke up to see rock desert this went on for some hours and was a complete contrast to the lush green valleys wed been enjoying over the past couple of weeks. As hours went by the landscape didnt change only when we reached Lima this vast city punctuated the desert and on leaving the City there was more of the same. Wed decided to skip Lima wed have to return to get our flight bac http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Arequipa/blog-780516.html Well here we go again. We39re not gone yet. Heck we39re just half packed but as they say down south We39re fixin39 on it.This time we are heading for Arequipa the White City so called because a large percentage of the buildings are built from white sillar stone. We are only going for a week this time ostensibly to attend a wedding but really just because we want to go and tha http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Arequipa/Arequipa/blog-779976.html My trip to the Colca Canyon and Cruz del Condor was so large that I wanted to write about the city of Arequipa in a separate blog. This actually includes the final day in Puno as well as the time in spent in the White City. had done some research and found an interesting day trip to do before I had to leave at 230. Not far from Puno is Sillustani preIncan ruins on a hill overlooking Lake Umayo. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Arequipa/Arequipa/blog-776234.html