View from hostel of volcanoes

Arequipa and Colca Canyon - WOW

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March 26th 2007
It was great to get to the sun again!!! Arequipa was pretty arrid and hot - yey a chance to top up the tan!! A nice laid back city with a nice atmosphere so we chilled out for a couple of days before hitting Colca Canyon for another trek!! The bus journey was the best bus journey of South America so far!! The bus journey over to the canyon was enough in itself for me to be happy with the tr ... read more

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Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by the Spanish conquistadors in 1533. Peruvian independence was declared in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces defeated in 1... ... read more