Realxing start to the day where dont have to get up till 7:00. ovely breakfast on the sun terrace before heading off to catch our bus to the mountains, more specifically, Colca Canyon. first stop though is the highest point of our trip at 4900 meters, our bus arrives and it is a small private coach which is just for us which is nice. we leave ariquiipa behind with the backdrop of volcanoes enveloping our journey.after about 3 hrs we spot our first alpaccas and lamas and also a rare animal whose name escapes me. We stop to take some pictures before heding to our high point.it seems strange travelling this high by bus as it took us 5 days to walk to this this point on kilimanjaro. we finally reach our summit and the view is amasing, mountains and volvcanos are in every direction, some higher some on a leval plane with us. it is quie cold, though not unbearable with the sun out. we try ad take it easy as our lungs are not used to this sort of altitude.
after abut 20 mins we get back in our bus and head back down the mountain to our destination for 2 nights, chivay, on arrival i find i have been given a king size bed which seems to have been a mix up as i find out later one of the couples is in singles. after having a quick rest we head off on a short walk to lear a bit about the capital of the Colca Region. that night dinner is just a snack as we are all stuffed from our buffet lunch. anyway got to catch a bus now, i am a few days behind on the blog
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Dad
26/6/2012 09:07:22 am
Hi Stewart, just come in from sanding down the car port, covered in dust just now. Sounds like another fantastic day assume everyone is enjoying it as much as you. Very interesting but watch you grammar as you appear to have left a few letters out of some words son. Neil caught up with blog over the weekend, also thought it was great. Mum sends her love, so take care and carry on enjoying.
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Cat
28/6/2012 07:10:31 am
Hi! Reading your blog with interest, sounds like a great trip so far and you have seen some wonderful sights that I would love to see too, lucky you.
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Dad
28/6/2012 09:04:46 am
Hi Cat, not very often, and I know he is probably tired from all the travelling, just pointing out a couple of sillies which he may have missed, as you say it would be great to be out with him.
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Neil & Linda
28/6/2012 01:53:09 pm
Hi again Stewart, never mind the grammerr, just keep the wonderful stories coming. We look forward to seeing the photos too. N&L
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