our hostel in arequipa

ready to leave arequipa

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February 13th 2009
hola, so we are stil in arequipa. We just finished our week long spanish school. ooofaa, not so easy. i was expecting more of a conversational, real world course, but we got a full on real deal full semester of high school in 1 week. nouns, verbs, preposistions, ughhhh. everything you hated in high school, and i could barely understand this stuff in english class, i now had to try and figure ou ... read more

South America » Peru » Arequipa » Arequipa

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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