Hello again, followers whoever you may be!? Since my last postings on 24 Jan, we have progressed from Puno, Lake Titicaca, to Arica in Chile. We took a bus from Puno on the 25th and stayed in Arequipa for 3 nights before proceeding across the Peruvian border on the night of the 28th, straight to Arica via. Tacna. We had planned to remain longer in Arequipa which is a beautiful city and the second largest in Peru behind Lima, of course. However, the rains forced us away 24 hours earlier than planned, and since arriving in Chile where we are at sea level again, the weather is warmer and drier! Arica is quite a pleasant place on the coast and tomorrow we will set off again heading south to Iqique on the coast, some 5 hours by bus. We were going to stay in Tacna for a night but as the boder crossing to Arica was only 2 hours by taxi, including immigration and customs formalities, we decided to keep going and arrived at our hostel at 11 p.m., having arrived by bus at Tacna at 7 p.m. We did an all day tour at Arequipa on the 27th to the Colca Canyon and El Condor passage, 3 hours from the city so we had a really early start at 2.30 a.m. but once again the weather had the final say after lunch and we returned early having forfeited 3 stops en route from Colca to Arequipa due to the rain!! However, we did see the canyon, 2nd deepest in the world, and one condor, before the weather closed in. Will put a few photos on of Lake Titicaca and Arequipa later. All in all, we really enjoyed Peru but because so many places we stopped at were at altitude, we had to withstand alot of rain and a constant battle to keep our clothes dry!
We are hoping the next 3 weeks in Chile will become increasingly warmer and void of rain! We are both well though, and continuing to really enjoy our adventure. Bye for now. J.
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