Altitude. For travellers, it is a big deal. Everyone talks about it, how high they have been, who is sick and who has no difficulties at all. We normally live at sea level. When I visit my sisters or parents who live between 700 & 1600 meters, I notice the dryness in the air and the shortness of my breath. I also have some difficulty sleeping for a few nights. Well, as my t-shirt from Boulder, CO says, 'sea level is for sissies'. We have been living at altitu...

We have fallen behind on our blogging because are in an area where internet is very limited and we can´t upload our pics from the last week. So you will have to await our next postings...we will likely do 2 or 3 catchup ones when we are in Arequipa on Saturday to Monday. Anybody been to Arequipa who have any suggestions for things to do or places to stay¿ Send us a note! We fly out of Arequipa on Monday night, in Lima for a couple of days then out of ...