Country # 27! Our final country in our year plus journey around the world. It has been so many things - fun, humbling, enlightening and life changing. I was trying to post this while waiting to board our flight back to the States at the Lima airport but the poor connection did not allow me to. Instead, I'm blogging from lovely Houston, TX. Yes, back in the States! It's a strange feeling...we're excited and anxious to be back. Both Paul and I have never been unemployed for so long...so the search for jobs will begin shortly and it will be back to life, back to reality. Thanks for being a part of our adventure for the past 14 months, we hope you enjoyed the posts (and photos!). I'll be posting all about our Peru adventures in the next week or so.
Onto our first stop in Peru - Arequipa. We flew from Santiago de Chile to Lima on January 24 with an 8 hour layover before finally arriving in Arequipa around 6pm. It was another long travel day.
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Pretty |
Arequipa is a cute town but since it is at about 4000 meters, it reminded me of our time in Lhasa where I had major altitude sickness. I was pretty miserable but at least that means we've ruled out living anywhere that isn't at sea level.
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Volcan Misti from Mirador Carmen Alto |
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Panoramic of Volcan Chachani and Volcan Misti |
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Our guide took this photo for us |
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This is a statue of a typical local mountain man wearing all sorts of trinkets |
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Another view of Volcan ChaChani |
We then headed to Plaza Yanahuara (which means black short pants).
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Cool streets |
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Nice door |
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Nice archway |
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You can see Volcan Misti through this arch |
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Another view |
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Cute area |
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The church in Yanahuara |
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Palm trees around the square |
We also walked through the local market (San Camilo) where you can find just about anything.
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Fruits |
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Dehydrated potatoes that can last up to 8 years |
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Fish |
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All the parts of a pig |
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Flowers |
We then walked over to La Compania and cloisters.
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La Compania and cloisters |
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Construction began in 1677 |
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Puma styled gargoyles to drain rain |
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All the carvings have meaning - from bottom to top, it represents the life cycle |
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We tried some cheese ice cream |
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It wasn't really cheese though - they just call it that. It was good! Sprinkles of cinnamon on top. |
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Inside the church |
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The lighting was very cool |
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Spotlights everywhere |
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Paul in the spotlight |
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Another cool door |
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Outside the church |
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Plaza de Armas with a view of Volcan Misti |
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There was a band playing in the plaza |
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Panoramic |
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Nice architecture |
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Paul is being abused by the puma |
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Exploring the area |
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Basilica Cathedral of Arequipa (not open until 5pm) |
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Nice door! |
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Alley way |
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This door was pretty cool too because of the door handle |
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It's a soldier |
We rested a bit before continuing to walk the neighborhood. We decided to check out Mundo Alpaca for some soft goods. They have a store and a small exhibit to walk through.
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Narrow streets that you share with cars |
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Mundo Alpaca had some animals for us to looks at - this is a llama |
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Baby alpaca |
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Pointing to the dirty animals |
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This baby alpaca looks like an old man |
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A little scary |
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Maaaaaaaahhhhh |
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How they dye the wool |
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Cool machines to clean, separate and who knows what to the wool |
We then got a closer look at Basilica Cathedral of Arequipa when it opened at 5pm.
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Belgian Pipe Organ donated in 1870 |
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Inside the cathedral |
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One of the main attractions is the pulpit |
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Only known image of the devil inside of a church. He is at the foot of the pulpit symbolizing God's word is above evil. |
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Cool shot from the other end of the cathedral |
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Looking up |
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Another angle |
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Diagonal |
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I like this shot |
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We then headed to a bar to get a view of the city |
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This was our view |
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Paul was impressed and you know how hard it is to impress this guy |
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The clouds moved away long enough for me to get a quick picture |
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Looking down at the Plaza de Armas |
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Sunset |
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Close up |
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Too bad the cell towers are in the way |
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Purple skies |
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All lit up |
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