Anyhoo, so we decided to stay in Arequipa for the weekend and relax. Arequipa is a strange and surreal place. I say it is surreal because it is surrounded by three massive mountains. A volcano called El Misti, Pichu Pichu to the right and Chachani to the left.
The mountains are magnificent to look at man! In the afternoon the colours of the sunset really transform the mountains. During the day the mountains look flat and lifeless, but when the sunset starts the mountains come to life, really catching your eye and demanding your full attention.. This was one of the highlights of staying at Arequipa, just to see the sunset and mountains come to life... Man that was priceless....
We couch surfed with Maja, a Swedish girl living and working in Arequipa... Go figure that there would be Swedish people in PERU let alone Arequipa :-) She was awesome though! Helped us out, made great fruit shakes and cool to hang with and chill.
Her apartment had a great view of El Misti and it was awesome to sit in the living room watch the sunset and see El Misti come to life.
We also went to the Cemetery, on the 1st of November, to celebrate the dead. It is custom in Peru that after Halloween everyone go to the cemetery and celebrate the people that have passed away. Simply put it was a party at the cemetery. Great to see a different way of remembering loved ones that have passed away. People where drinking at there loved ones graves, singing and dancing. I think this is a great tradition. Maja's friend Lucho took us to the cemetery, if it wasn't for couch surfing man, we would never had gotten to experience that. Couch surfing rules man!!
Pisco sours? YES please!!! we had a couple of these little puppies at a place called Istanbul. Cute little cafe/bar/restaurant. Arequipa is named the white city for the stones used in the buildings are you guessed it white.
Peru is very touristy, I would love to see how much of there economy is backed by tourism. There's tourist everywhere. The sound of English, French, Italian, German and other languages are frequently heard when strolling down the cobbled stoned streets
Need a beanie? Well Peru is the place to get them. I promised at the start of our trip that the only souvenir I would purchase are the totally awesome bennies the Peruvians wear. There like the coolest things ever.....I can see me and B goin nuts in Cusco buying enough arts and crafts to start our own stall at Glebe Markets.
Off to Cusco and the INCA civilisations that surround the PUMA city..
EL MISTI TOWERING ABOVE AREQUIPA - looks fake ay... like some Hollywood set..
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