Vista from Cayma

Moving southwards, and upwards, into Arequipa

October 17th 2007
Well the first surprise of the day occurred before our plane from Lima had even landed in Arequipa. Much to my surprise, we were greeted by what I can only describe as a ‘brownscape’. Its exactly 20 years since I was last in Arizona, but that was what it reminded me of - just barren brown desert, bordering a city that appeared from the plane to have brown roads, brown fields and brown houses. ... read more

South America » Peru » Arequipa

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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Joan & Neil

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Joan and Neil have posted blogs below on the following trips: 1. South America for 3 months, from Sept07 through to Nov07, visiting each of Ecuador (including the Galapagos Islands), Peru, Bolivia, Uruguay, Chile and Argentina. 2. Far north Thailand in Mar08 where Neil taught English at a Summer School for the SPF charity he was involved with. This also included a side trip for the weekend to Luang Prabang in Laos. 3. Russia (cruise from Moscow to St Petersburg), then visit to each of Croatia, Budapest & Vienna for a total of 4 weeks, starting in mid Sept08. 4. Neil did a similar SPF te... full info

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