Arequipa

Arequipa- The White City

Hola amigos! As I said in the last entry, Jenny and I are in Arequipa, Peru. See: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=arequipa+peru+map&hl=es&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x91424a487785b9b3:0xa3c4a612b9942036,Arequipa&gl=pe&ei=AHZrTtvGONHn-gaDn_zPBA&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CA8Q8gEwAA

Plaza de Armas in Arequipa

The volcanoes off in the distance behind the Plaza de Armas

Building on the Plaza at night

This is probably the nicest town we have seen so far in Peru. The town´s buildings and streets are in really good shape and there seems to be a different, more friendly feel to the people here (not to say that the other towns didn´t have friendly people). There are also huge mountains just outside town here and most of them are active volcanoes! We heard that Arequipa feels a little tremor (as in earthquake) a few times a week! Craziness! Anyways, we spent our time at Casablanca, which is about a block off the Plaza de Armas- which is the main hub of activity in pretty much all Peruvian towns. We had an awesome hotel room and have really enjoyed our stay here. We spent yesterday walking around, shopping a bit, afternoon coffee (ofcourse), and getting our bus tickets in order. We are slated to head to Trujillo with a layover stop in Lima. Trujillo is north of Lima and on the coast. From what we have heard it is the main spot for surfing and there is a beach kind of attitude to the town. Needless to say, I am very excited to see it. The bus ride is going to be 24 hours, which will test anyone´s ability to sit, but we are going through the night which hopefully means we can sleep a little bit. Hopefully Jenny brought some sort of drug that helps you sleep- the joys of dating a pharmacy student! haha. Anyways, I must be going- we are doing a city tour today before we head out at 6:30 tonight. Bien Viaje y hasta luego!

The view from our hotel room with the Plaza in the background

Our sweet hotel room in Arequipa! It was HUGE!

Looking good, Jenny