Today was a little bit easier for me. The guide let me ascend the cañon at my pace. I was able to hike up 990m in under 2 hours. I passed everyone I saw on the trail. It felt so good to move even though my intestines were non cooperative. Once on the cañon rim, I walked to the pueblo Cabana Conde to wait for my group to arrive for over an hour.
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| One of the few condors I saw was this statue in the plaza in CabanaConde |
From Cabana Conde, we drove back towards Chivay stopping at a mirador to admire the Andean terraces. They were stunning. It is what i picture when I think of Peru and I was completely enraptured for the 10 minutes we were permitted there to snap photos.
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| Beautiful Incan terraces |
We stopped in 3 more places on the way back: Chivay for hot springs and lunch, the town of Maca, and a Llama reserve.
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| Inca woman in the publo of Maca. She earns money by modelling! She sells photo opportunities to tourists for 1 sole (.33 cents) with her llamas and Andean Eagle. |
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| Llamas at a reserve at 4900 meters |
We arrived in Arequipa at 5:30. I settled in, checked email, and did a little shopping. I met Alejandro for dinner at ZigZag a restaurant known for its meat platter. After 3 days on a vegetarian tour, I was starving for protein. He was kind enough to walk me back to my hostel and chided me for staying in a place on a side street. Tomorrow I look for a different hostel. Too bad because the owners are so nice and have been so kind to me. It is a delicate balance finding a place that is central enough to be safe, but not too central to be loud during the evenings.
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