Blogs from Arequipa, Arequipa, Peru, South America - page 6

26-27th April ’13 Arequipa Our final couple of days in the lovely city of Arequipa, but before I go into that I have to add in a bit I missed about our Colca Canyon Trip. The whole of the time we were in the minibus Howard was opening and closing the window so he could stick his arm out and take pictures – infact he took well over 200 pictures on this trip! He was so attached to the camera I had to virtually prise it out of his fingers to take the few snaps I wanted. Anyway despite taking pictures on the journey there he had to then take pictures all the way back again to Arequipa – as ‘we were now on the opposite side of the road so the view would be different’, ... read more

22/4/13 Arequipa I slept the whole night through, no gasping woo hoo! Today we did next to nothing, just getting acclimatised or rather sitting in the garden being lazy! Hunger eventually drove us out and we ate with the locals in a tiny little place with about 8 tables squashed into it, luckily one was free. For £1.30 we had a huge bowl of Peruvian broth (like scotch broth with lots of lentils), followed by chicken, rice and salad, a glass of orange squash and 8 slices of banana for pudding! Bargain!! We walked back up to the main square and had a bit more of a mooch around the city streets looking at the lovely white buildings and architecture before heading back for more lazing about. Arequipa is known as The White City, with building ... read more

Peru! 21/4/13 Arica, Chile to Tacna and on to Arequipa, Peru Last night Howard had to make a stand, or should I say sprag on the bunch of Chilean lads who were making a right racket after the official 11pm SILENCIO! He gave them until 11.30pm and then off he went to the office to complain. He shot back into our room just before the member of we heard one of the staff giving them a stern telling off ha ha. All was quiet after that, well if you are going to post rules you have to be prepared to enforce them! Up bright and early to do the border crossing, we attempted and failed to eat the dry cheese sandwich that was for breakfast and then called for a taxi to take us to the ... read more

El Monasterio de Santa Catalina de Arequipa. The Peruvians use monastery and convent pretty much interchangeably, so it is really the Convent of Santa Catalina. The price for general admission is $35 soles per person (roughly ten bucks) and to get the full benefit, you will want to hire a guide for an additional 20 soles for the group. After an hour with the guide, you can return at your leisure to the places you saw for study in greater detail or more picture taking. Flash photography is allowed. We were very lucky to get Sandra for our guide. Not only is she a very nice young lady, she is not too hard on the eyes either. She studied English in the United States, so her abilities in English are far better than most and she ... read more

Autobusas gerokai patogesnis nei tie kuriais teko važinėti Bolivijoj, tad naktį visai padoriai pamiegam. Atvažiuojam į Arequipą apie 5 ryto. Čia turim susitikti su CSeriu Alex pas kurį ir turėtumėm apsistoti. Bet reikia palaukti iki 8 ryto, tada jam paskambinsim, taip buvom su juo sutarę. Terminalas veikia pilnu tempu, jame pilna žmonių, tad susirandam vietą atsisėsti, pažiūrim filmą. Aš dar nueini iki turistų inforacijos, truputi pasiklausinėti apie miestą, bei aplink esančius įdomius objektus. Moteriškė Info centre nustbina, pasakiusi, kad visai neseniai čia buvo užsukusi lietuvių pora, tiesa jie šiandien išvažiuoja iš miesto link Titikakos. Grįžtu pas Maysa, paskambinam Alexui ir jis už maždaug pusvalandžio jau čia. Sėdam visi į taksi ir važiuojam į jo namus. Alexas gyvena su mama nedideliam name kiek toliau nuo miesto centro. Po kelionės vistik jaučiamės šiek tiek pavargę. Alexo mama... read more