Colca Canyon

The only way was down...

September 7th 2007
We spent our final week in Peru in Arequipa, and in the Colca Canyon some 170Kms away. Arequipa is a lovely city, by far the nicest we visited in Peru. It is overshadowed by the mightly, dormant, Misti Volcano. We spent several days relaxing in the sunny climate there before booking a trip to the Colca Canyon, alledgedly the world´s deepest canyon. Our trip got off to a bad start, as we wer ... read more

South America » Peru

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

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Welcome to our blog. After a long and hard month off, we are almost ready to leave. We don't know how often we will update this blog, but we hope to add pictures every now and then to show you what we have been up to. Here is our current itinerary; mainly only flights at this stage and very general ideas on what we might be doing - but we will try and update it when we know more. Please come and meet us if you have the urge! 10th July - fly from Heathrow to Quito (Ecuador) Ecuador and Northern Peru 8th August - fly from Lima (Peru) to Cusco (Peru) Machu Picchu, the Amazon b... full info

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