Lake Titicaca to Arequipa 6

Gary eating some of the reed that the floating island is made out of - they use it for everything, their houses, their beds, their boats and dinner - very versatile - but it didnt taste like anything other than reed!

Lake Titicaca to Arequipa

May 1st 2006
Well after leaving from Puno and Lake Titicaca we arrived in the city of Arequipa - the second biggest in Peru and we were all pleasantly surprised at how nice the city was! So after arriving we we decided to do a two day tour to the Colca Canyon the second deepest Canyon in the world (disputed to be the deepest by some Polish students) and second only to a Canyon just down the road from it an ... 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

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