The White City
May 7th 2007 It took 5 hours to get to Arequipa from Chivay. We drove through desert and swamp land, and also through the crater of an extinct volcano.
In Arequipa we stayed at La Casa de mi Abuela (the house of my grandmother) which was a sprawling complex of buildings with lots of beautiful gardens and birds in cages and a pool even. We were definitely spoilt. And the breakfast was great, served on a ba
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