Arequipa
July 4th 2010 The centre of Arequipa is more like a European city than a South American one. Think southern Spain. It is clean, polished even, parallel, and modern. It´s a nice break from the relative grime, but it´s entirely too sterile for me. Hundreds of small shops around Plaza de Armas reveal where the city gets its money and what it´s real intention is: to lure tourists into trips to nearby Colca C
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