16th Century Santa Catalina monastery was the highlight of my visit to Arequipa. This walled monastery is almost a city in it’s own right and takes up a whole block of Arequipa city. It has been operated by Dominican nuns for almost 400 years. You can stroll through this enormous monastery’s streets peeking into its […]
Read MoreWaking up to the sound of the waterfall beside us, and washing in the clear cold water surrounded by mountains, beautiful blue and green lakes, valleys and snow capped peaks, thatched cottages, brightly coloured villagers, streams falling down the rocks, llamas and no else in sight the four days three nights Lares valley trek is […]
Read MoreIt is very weird to arrive in a town (Agua Calientes) which has a railway track running through it. You have to step over the rails to get from one side to the other. It is very reminiscent of the old wild west towns and as we found out this place is rip off city […]
Read MoreSalineras de Maras seems a typical Peruvian village but for the fact that almost everyone works in the salt terraces nearby harvesting salt using the ancient pre-Incan methods of producing salt. We hiked down a canyon through mountain valleys off the beaten track to Salineras village where people still wear traditional clothes. Qoripujio has […]
Read MoreThe narrow winding Rio Urumbamba valley known as the Sacred Valley runs from East to West from Pisac to Ollantaytambo with the snow capped Andes in the background. It was a key place of settlement for the Inca with its verdant valleys, agreeable climate and fertile ground While Salinas near Maras provides you with the […]
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