http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Arequipa/Santa-Catalina/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from South America , Peru , Arequipa , Santa Catalina en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:02:20 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:02:20 UTC Dag 166.Vi hadde en enkel frokost paa hotellet og gikk for aa se klosteret Santa Catalina. Klosteret var grunnlagt i 1579 og var lukket fram til 1970. Paa det meste bodde det 450 nonner i det 2 hektar store klosteret. Klosteret ligger midt i Arequipa og klosteromraadet er som en liten by innenfor murene. Det er malt i tradisjonelle farger som hvit oransje mork rod og blaa. I dag lever det 3 http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Peru/Arequipa/Santa-Catalina/blog-350973.html Once the Nasca Lines and the Mummies had been experienced the truck continues thru the coastal dessert of Peru. Who knew So much brown and beigehellip. So much arid landscapehellip. So much the look of desolationhellip. People live in many places in varying types of homes hellip all run down looking and all possessed of masses of sandThe next stop is Puerta de Inka. This port is the plac http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Peru/Arequipa/Santa-Catalina/blog-219748.html ArequipaWe began our adventure in Arequipa a town 3 hour flight from Lima. Arequipa is home to one of the largest villages of nuns. Its like a city within a city and has an amazing history to it. Hundreds of years ago all girls age 12 would be sent to live in the convent they were not alowd contact with anyone from the outside and were only alowd to speak to their parents through a wall. They had http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Peru/Arequipa/Santa-Catalina/blog-194137.html DAY 8 AREQUIPAThis morning I felt lazy so I stayed most of the morning with my parents at their house. I left their house only to buy my bus ticket to Puno. I had to look for a bus that would be leaving the next day around 1130 p.m. or a little bit later in order to be in Puno around 730 a.m. to start my tour over the Titicaca Lake. I had been told that a regular bus trip from Arequipa to Puno http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Peru/Arequipa/Santa-Catalina/blog-193864.html We awoke on the 14th to a warm bright sunny morning and breakfast on the patio. The hotel was an oasis of calm and relaxation compared to the mayhem on the outskirts of the city however we could still hear the speakers protesting in the distance. The hotel contained a lovely swimming pool many hammocks and views of the nearby snowcapped mountains. Hopefully today our tour to the Colca Canyon http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Peru/Arequipa/Santa-Catalina/blog-183599.html Perursquos second most important city after Lima Arequipa maintains a traditional colonial style and more laid back pace in comparison with the capital. Sitting at 2325 m 7626 ft above sea level and surrounded by the Andes mountains this delightful colonial town is well worth a visit. Arequipa was built from a very light coloured volcanic rock called sillar so older buildings dazzle in the http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Peru/Arequipa/Santa-Catalina/blog-148233.html