Aug 25, 2007 - Llamas, Alpacas and Colca Canyon

Our trip to Colca Canyon began at 8.45am when we were picked up by a mini bus already full of Germans, French, Swiss and Portugese tourists. We were the last 2 to be collected making a total of 13 tourists. As we were last we spent the whole trip sitting at opposite ends of the mini bus. It doesn't seem to matter how old, wise, well travelled or otherwise people are when it comes to seating arrangements on buses or any where else for that matter, once you have sat in a seat it is yours and no one else would dare to upset the system and sit...

Aug 4, 2007 - Colca Canyon

Once again, relatively early, we set off for the main attraction near to Arequipa...the Colca Canyon. The road winds its way northwest past the Chachani volcano (inactive) climbing all the time alongside the Arequipa to Juliaca railway. Willy, our guide, wants to point out the massive cement factory on the way... Yes Peru is doing a lot of construction... After a brief stop for supplies & to fix a punctured tyre we set off again. We've been told that the altitude may affect some or all of us badly & we are given a demonstration on how to...