Casa Moral

Arequipa to Lima

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December 3rd 2009
We had time to kill this morning before our flight to Lima so we visited the Casa Moral, one of Arequipa's colonial houses. We also did some shopping in market area called Fundo del Fiego. Kelsey bought a cute mirror that unfortunately the shopkeeper could not figure out how to wrap it up very well so she's had to improvise a bit with some laundry bags from the hotel. We got into Lima and got ... read more

South America » Peru » 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