After visiting Machu Picchu, we flew to Arequipa, the second biggest city in Peru (after Lima). We arrived at night, so couldn't really look around, but it had a big city feel straight away, with massive shopping malls and fast food chains. Early the next day, we took a bus into the Colca Canyon. It was a bumpy ride, but we were rewarded with a beautiful hotel with an excellent buffet dinner, and could relax at hot pools in the next town. The morning after, we got up at 5am so we could make it nice and early to the Condor Cross, the place along the Canyon where we were most likely to see condors. We sat there for about two hours, and the only condors we saw were in the distance. It was hard to
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