Erin & Regan's South American Adventure
On to Arequipa
Hola,
We arrived in Arequipa from Cusco after another overnight bus ride. We checked into a hostal called "La Reyna". Our room was on the top floor. This was the view:
For something cheap to do we wandered through the streets of Arequipa up to a church. From there you get a picturesque view of "El Misti" through the arches.
Arequipa, like most places here really comes alive at night. Who needs that many taxis!
The high rate of illiteracy here means that a person who can read, write and type can make a living typing documents for other people... at 9pm at night.
Our hostel was across the road from the Santa Catalina Monastery. This is a small part of it.
Another view of the monastery, someone´s rooftop garden full of geraniums.
mum, grandad, aunty: The photos are fabulous, really enjoy being able to see where you are. The geranium garden must be in a very sheltered spot! We are going down to Morgan's graduation soon, the weather's going to be awful, 140km hr winds in Wellington again. (11/15/06)