Arequipa and Juanita the Ice Maiden
February 6th 2006 Arequipa for us was something of an afterthought, as we already felt that we were behind schedule (if there ever was one!) and should be pushing further south. After hearing about the state of the road from Ica to Cusco though we decided that a stop in Arequipa wouldn't be such a bad thing after all.
They call Arequipa "the White City" as it's largely made of a white volcanic stone that occurs lo
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