Hey guys Have just had a great 2 days in the Colca Canyon (the second deepest in the world and twice the depth of the Grand Canyon). The tour started early yesterday (sat) at half 8 when we got picked up from our hotel and got on our bus, a proper but slightly old coach. Drove round various streets of Arequipa for about half an hour picking up everyone else on the tour and then headed out towards the Canyon. Drove for a couple of hours, up steep single t...

Hey everybody, In Arequipa at the moment have had a couple of slow days and havent really done much neaded a rest after the busy first week. Have been out and about again today though, visited the Santa Catalina Monastry. It was a huge maze of rooms, courtyards and mini streets surrounded by high walls and once housed 300 people. Nowadays there are about 30 nuns still living inside the walls and never leaving, but the monastry is really more of a touri...

Hi, Will hopefully get you the phots for this entyr uploaded soon. Um had a nice lay in today, after being so busy since we got here I think we needed it!! Then we walked to the Plaza and got a taxi to the local aqueducts. There like downward spirals of rocks, with an underground stream running beneath them. The water was really clean and clear, very different to the muddy brown stuff in all the other rivers!! The weather was really beautiful, but as it was ne...

Hola senores y senoritas, Today we had a really expensive day. Got up at half 6 to get a flight over the Nazca Lines in a tiny little 6 seater plane. The flight lasted for about 30 mins and flew over all the lines, turning really sharply round them so we looked directly at them from either side. The lines looked good although were quite a lot smaller than we both expected and couldnt been seen quite as clearly as the photographs on postcards you see. W...

Hey everybody Finally, here is the entry for the day we went to the Ballestas Islands. (thurs) Had to get up really early to get tour bus to them, (left at 7 am). Arrived at the harbour about half an hour later and got on really fast speed boat. It tipped right up and we were sitting at the back so got a bit wet from all the spray as we hit the waves. On the way to the Islands we passed El Candelebro which is a carving in the sand, similar to one of the Nazca...