I have fallen in love with this city known as the White City because of its buildings created from white volcanic rock. It is utterly charming. I also cannot say enough good things about our hostel, Hostal Solar, (which is more like a hotel); it is centrally located, super clean, has great showers, big fluffy towels, comfy beds, they clean your room daily, they have friendly and helpful staff …
Upon arriving into Arequipa at 5:30am, we were moved from our double decker bus into smaller Van’s as the streets are too narrow for the large buses. We were taken to our accomodation the Hostal Solar. It was cold at that time of the morning so I pulled out my hat and gloves. Since our two day, one night tour of Colca Canyon left at 8:00am, we were able …
As I mentioned before, Huacachina is a very small village. Last night people staying at the Wild Rover Party Hostel partied on till 6am. Although staying on the other side of the village, we could hear them. I still managed to sleep since our bed was quite comfy. We organized our suitcases this morning and had cold showers. We had breakfast at our hotel before heading over to the …
Paracas is pretty when the sun is shining and there is no sandstorm. Everyone seems to have cleaned up the dusty mess which was left from yesterday’s sandy event. We had breakfast at the restaurant next door to our hotel. I am getting sick of eggs but am enjoying the retro 80s and soul music that they play all over Peru. Our first tour was a boat ride to …
