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Shopping, sickness and a volcano summit
(Aug 08 '06)
"The smell of eggs was actually quite welcome... it had been a great boost to catch a wiff on the way up"
Having been "organised" with military precision during our guided tour we decided to kick back ...
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Arequipa & The Colca Canyon
(Apr 16 '07)
"Hiking into the deepest canyon in the world, however, requires hiking out...which sucked!"
Nestled at the base of three volcanos is the city of Arequipa. Though not known for anything in particular, ...
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Arequipa
(Jun 28 '07)
Arequipa is Peru's 2nd biggest city whose horizon is dominated by El Misti volcano. It's nicknamed the "white city" because most of the buildings are made from a local white volcanic stone. The ...
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A bus ride to the top of the world (almost!)
(Nov 23 '06)
"The view was spectacular - we really were in the middle of nowhere."
It was a very early morning start as we had to drive into the Colca Canyon. This is the world's deepest canyon, but no one has ever ...
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Colca Canyon and Arequipa
(Nov 02 '06)
We arrived in Arequipa after a 10 hour overnight bus journey from Cusco. Luckily we were able to get straight into our rooms, even though it was only 6am for a much needed sleep by Mum whereas Ivan ...
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we came into arequipa early this morning from nazca, found a hostel for the extraordinary price of 10 soles a night (read: $3), and subsequently slept until ...
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a big giant hole
(Oct 12 '06)
we left arequipa for colca canyon early yesterday with a tour group of two italians, two older french people, a snobby french family of four, and two other americans. we became fast friends with our ...
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