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Hi Everyone again!!
After our one afternoon if Arequipa we did a 2 day tour to the Colca Canyon.
On the first day, we saw many sites on our way to a small town of Chivay where we were to spend the night including Volcano Misti and 2 others which we cant remember the names of whilst writing this plus tons of llamas and alpacas. We had the afternoon to ourselves in Chivay which we spent looking for a cash point only to be told there wasnt one, oh s*** we had 17.50 soles left about 3 pound. Later on we went to the hot springs to relax and worry about our lack of money later. There were 5 different pools of varying degrees of temperature set around fantastic views of the mountains.
That evening we went to a dinner and pena show were we had enough cash to buy ourselves a sandwich and tea (Matt was not happy he couldnt have a beer). It was a great night and yet again Matt was the first up dancing and to be fair danced nearly all evening. It is his new hobby, he is giving up Sunday morning football to take dance classes. he loves it!! Ha ha!!
The next day we were up very early to drive to the Canyon, it is the second deepest canyon in the world and very impressive. We walked along the side of the canyon for about an hour before joining the crowds to do some condor spotting. Unfortunately we only saw 2 of these massive birds which dont fly but drift along on the hot currents and only managed to get one picture of it right in the corner which we then proceeded to delete of the camera as we thought it was yet another view shot that snap happy Louise had taken. Doh!! We left the canyon about 10.30 to drive back to Chivay for lunch. Lack of money meant our lunch was buying some bread and crisps for crisp sandwiches. Yum!! Whilst sat in the main plaza waiting for the others to finish a much nicer lunch the area was full of kids dressed up with llamas and sheep wanting you to take their photo for money. Its crazy! The kids seem to know how to ask for money before they can walk.
It was a long and very bumpy drive back to Arequipa but we had had a good few days and celebrated back being with money we had a massive pizza dinner.
Take care
Tatey and Lou xx
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