Arequipa

After so much recommendation from nearly everyone we met we headed off to Arequipa for a couple of days. We arrived very early in the morning, waited until day light to check into a hostel and spent the day checking out the town and its tours.

We decided not to bother with the Canyon tour (to be truthfull we have seen so much beatifull scenery that 2 full days in another coach was not our idea of fun) and spent only one more night before heading off again towards the coast.

Arequipa is formed of many white old buildings and its main attraction apart from the Canyon is the Convent, still in use. The convent is a huge village-like place surrounded by high walls.

The buildings are painted bright colours following an earthquake that demolished much of its original structure.

Peruvian people are not the tallest!!!