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Antes de empezar este post, tengo que anunciar unos comentarios tecnicales: es que ocurrieron problemas con mi tarjeta SD (de mi cámara) y con mi llave USB. Desafortunadamente, amboz fueron infectados con un virus y me tardaba un día entero para limpiarlos y estaba muy asustado de perder todas mis fotos. Después de esta experiencia, decidí que no voy a poner mis cosas en ordenadores compartidos para evitar que la misma situación aparezca. Entonces, voy a poner fotos en el post que no son las mías pero son identicas a las que tomaba yo.
Entonces, después de la costa, el seísmo y otra noche en autobús, llegué a Arequipa martes pasado ajuntado con otra gente que conocí en Lima y teníamos un grupo muy divertido.
Arequipa es la segunda ciudad más grande de Perú y también se llama "la ciudad blanca". La razón para eso es el color de los edificios, que en la gran mayoría de los casos es blanco por la piedra volcánica de la región. A mí Arequipa parecía una ciudad muy bonita y organizada, el centro histórico es muy limpio y bien mantenido.
Normalmente, el catedral de Arequipa tiene una vista muy hermosa porque se puede ver el volcán El Misti justo entre sus dos torres. Como es época de lluvia, nosotros no teníamos la suerte verlo así, pero el edificio mismo aún es bonito.
La mayoría de los turistas viene a Areuqipa para visitar el Cañon de Colca, una reserva natural muy bonito y, según unos datos científicos, el cañon más profundo del mundo.
Antes de entrar el cañon, paramos al Cruz del Condor, un sitio donde se puede ver condores pero como llegamos, habían demasiados nubes y así los condores no volaban (como no son tontos, jeje).
Después de llegar a Cabanaconde (el último pueblo accessible en coche), hicimos un trek en el cañon y bajamos un poco más de 1000 metros de altura para llegar al pueblito hermoso de Sangalle. A este pueblo, solamente se puede ir a pie o en mula. Para los turistas que están demasiado cansados después de la bajada, hay muchas personas que ofrecen su servicio de mulas para la montada - finalmente, la mitad de nuestro grupo aceptó esta manera de transporte para la vuelta :-)
La montada en la mañana siguiente era un poco fuerte, pero después de encontrar la velocidad perfecta (lo de un mula), no era tan pesado.
Desde aquí, voy a seguir para Cuzco para ver Machu Picchu y el resto.
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Before starting this post, I have a technical announcement: I had problems with my SD card (for the camera) and with my USB stick. Actually, both got infected by a virus and it took me almost a whole day to get rid of the bastard - on the top of that, I was really worried that I could lose all my photos (as the USB stick is the backup for the SD card). After this experience, I decided that I'll never ever use public computers for my tools to avoid any reoccurence of such situtations. Because of all this, you'll see photos which are not taken by me but which are identical to the ones which I have taken.
After the coast, the earthquake and another night bus ride, I arrived to Arequipa last Tuesday together with some fellow travellers who I got to know in Lima and with whom we formed a very fun group.
Arequipa is the seconde biggest city of Peru and it's also called as "the white city". The reason for that is the colour of the buildings is mainly white due to the volcanic stone of the region used at the constructions. To me, Arequipa seemed a very beautiful and organized city, the historic center is very clean and well maintained.
Normally, the cathedral of Arequipa has a very nice view as one can see the El Misti volcano dominating the scene between the cathedral's two towers. Since it's the rainy season, we did not have the luck seeing it like that, but the building in itself is already pretty much astonishing.
The majority of tourists come to Arequipa to visit the Colca Canyon, a wonderful natural reserve which is also, according to certain scientific data, the deepest canyon of the world.
Before entering the canyon, we stopped at the Cruz del Condor, a place where one can observe condors flying. Unfortunately, by the time we arrived, the valley was too cloudy so we could not see them (as they are not stupid enough to fly in low visibility, lol).
After reaching Cabanaconde (the last village accesible by road), we did a trek down to the canyon. We descended some 1000 meters to arrive to a small village called Sangalle. This place is only accessible by two means: on your own feet, or on the back of a mule. For the tourists who are too tired after the descent, there are plenty of persons offering their mules for the uphill struggle - in the end, half of our group decided to go for that option for going back up.
The ascent next morning was indeed a bit tough, but after finding the appropriate speed (the one of a mule), it was not that bad.
The next stop will be Cuzco to see Machu Picchu and all the rest.
Antes de empezar este post, tengo que anunciar unos comentarios tecnicales: es que ocurrieron problemas con mi tarjeta SD (de mi cámara) y con mi llave USB. Desafortunadamente, amboz fueron infectados con un virus y me tardaba un día entero para limpiarlos y estaba muy asustado de perder todas mis fotos. Después de esta experiencia, decidí que no voy a poner mis cosas en ordenadores compartidos para evitar que la misma situación aparezca. Entonces, voy a poner fotos en el post que no son las mías pero son identicas a las que tomaba yo.
Entonces, después de la costa, el seísmo y otra noche en autobús, llegué a Arequipa martes pasado ajuntado con otra gente que conocí en Lima y teníamos un grupo muy divertido.
Arequipa es la segunda ciudad más grande de Perú y también se llama "la ciudad blanca". La razón para eso es el color de los edificios, que en la gran mayoría de los casos es blanco por la piedra volcánica de la región. A mí Arequipa parecía una ciudad muy bonita y organizada, el centro histórico es muy limpio y bien mantenido.
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| El catedral de Arequipa |
La mayoría de los turistas viene a Areuqipa para visitar el Cañon de Colca, una reserva natural muy bonito y, según unos datos científicos, el cañon más profundo del mundo.
Antes de entrar el cañon, paramos al Cruz del Condor, un sitio donde se puede ver condores pero como llegamos, habían demasiados nubes y así los condores no volaban (como no son tontos, jeje).
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| Vista en el valle nublado desde el Cruz del Condor |
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| Sangalle (abajo, al lado del río) - vista antes de la bajada |
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| La vuelta en mula |
Desde aquí, voy a seguir para Cuzco para ver Machu Picchu y el resto.
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Before starting this post, I have a technical announcement: I had problems with my SD card (for the camera) and with my USB stick. Actually, both got infected by a virus and it took me almost a whole day to get rid of the bastard - on the top of that, I was really worried that I could lose all my photos (as the USB stick is the backup for the SD card). After this experience, I decided that I'll never ever use public computers for my tools to avoid any reoccurence of such situtations. Because of all this, you'll see photos which are not taken by me but which are identical to the ones which I have taken.
After the coast, the earthquake and another night bus ride, I arrived to Arequipa last Tuesday together with some fellow travellers who I got to know in Lima and with whom we formed a very fun group.
Arequipa is the seconde biggest city of Peru and it's also called as "the white city". The reason for that is the colour of the buildings is mainly white due to the volcanic stone of the region used at the constructions. To me, Arequipa seemed a very beautiful and organized city, the historic center is very clean and well maintained.
Normally, the cathedral of Arequipa has a very nice view as one can see the El Misti volcano dominating the scene between the cathedral's two towers. Since it's the rainy season, we did not have the luck seeing it like that, but the building in itself is already pretty much astonishing.
The majority of tourists come to Arequipa to visit the Colca Canyon, a wonderful natural reserve which is also, according to certain scientific data, the deepest canyon of the world.
Before entering the canyon, we stopped at the Cruz del Condor, a place where one can observe condors flying. Unfortunately, by the time we arrived, the valley was too cloudy so we could not see them (as they are not stupid enough to fly in low visibility, lol).
After reaching Cabanaconde (the last village accesible by road), we did a trek down to the canyon. We descended some 1000 meters to arrive to a small village called Sangalle. This place is only accessible by two means: on your own feet, or on the back of a mule. For the tourists who are too tired after the descent, there are plenty of persons offering their mules for the uphill struggle - in the end, half of our group decided to go for that option for going back up.
The ascent next morning was indeed a bit tough, but after finding the appropriate speed (the one of a mule), it was not that bad.
The next stop will be Cuzco to see Machu Picchu and all the rest.
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