Trekking and stuff

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"So, what´s Billy been up to?" I hear you ask. This and that. I´ve been in Arequipa a while. It´s a nice chilled out place with a pretty centre overlooked by snow-capped mountains and a perfect conical volcano. I´ve been to a museum to see the ice-mummy, Juanita. Unfortunately they make you watch a video and take a tour for over an hour first. Then I went on a 3-day trek in the Colca Canyon. Which was fun, but hard work. Me duele el cuerpo entero, as I told my guide at the end. Anyways, apparantly it´s the deepest Canyon in the world, twice as deep as the grand canyon, and I trekked all the way down, up a bit, back down to the bottom, then all the way back up again. Not at the deepest point, I should mention, but still a 1200m vertical climb, on steep slipperry dusty gravel paths, finishing after about 3 hours at around 3400m.a.s.l. Glad I did those snowdon climbs before I left, otherwise I´d really have been in for a surprise! The last day we went to see condors. Or condor, as it turned out. They´re big bloody birds!

Right, off to Cusco in a couple days. As is becoming usual, pics to follow (although the last lot should be on now!)

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Photos

Colca Canyon...
...all the way down, all the way up...

Colca Canyon...
...all the way down, all the way up...

Big-arsed Condor
The only one we saw

Comments

[Michelle]

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hey billy... you're missing my party on 24th, you best be having the time of your life to justify missing it!!! theme this year is toga (for the very brave) i'll have a few mojito's for you, made by our very capable waitress - Amie! XX