PERU: Arequipa and Colca Canyon

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We have now arrived in Peru after 6 weeks in Bolivia and have fallen in love with beautiful Arequipa. Being below 3000m has filled us with new energy. Arequipa is really pretty, clean and white, full of history and sunshine everyday - it is like being on holiday! Lovely plazas, beautiful people, trendy bars and outstanding restaurants. Heaven! Very happy to run around in skirt and flipflops after all the cold days on the Altiplano.

We have visited Colca Canyon for 2 days and admired the sheer rock faces of this very narrow abyss and the condors who float through the air effortlessly. A beautiful sight!

The canyon is about 3000m deep and we wish we would have time to do some hiking in the valley.

But - Cusco and the Inca Trail to Macchu Picchu are calling and we are meeting Anki and James in Puno on Sunday to travel to Cusco together for the big adventure! Yippieh!