Arequipa

Brunch at Eco Brunch, Mundo Alpaca visit to feed some alpacas and llamas, met Amy and walked around with her for a bit. Went to gym for the first time in months then checked into hostel, met Anna in the room and reunited with Rui who was excited to book the colca canyon and also do rafting. Went to watch the sunset at Restaurant on the top with Anna Rui and Meg then went on a wild goose chase around town for dinner. Anna was from Accenture and worked with Omar which was so weird, small world. Ended up on a place that took 40 mins to bring us a water but was just laughing at how ridiculous it was.

Woke up at 230 to get picked up for 3am to start trekking the colca canyon, had a nice group with Rui, Matilda, a German couple, Dutch group, Brazilian girls an irish couple and a Spanish/French couple who live in Ireland. Trekking down was fairly easy but quite long. Ended up going ahead of the group to get to rest point with a pool and wifi. Woke up at 430 the next day to climb out the canyon, raced the guide and won as I ascended in 1 hour 25. Watched the sunrise over the canyon which was awesome. A dog followed me all the way up too? He loved me. We then had the best buffet lunch ever before going to a cloudy viewpoint ans heading back to Arequipa. Got some food and drinks with some of the group before bed. Drinks tasted like they had 0 alcohol lol.

Next morning grabbed breakfast in this lovely cafe with Matilda and Rui, before booking onto white water rafting. They spoke 5 words in English, forward, backward, head down, Inside and outside but it was so so fun. Rui was absolutely shitting it but such a cool experience. Even jumped off this massive rock after they persuaded me in Spanish. Got some lunch and juice from market, tried queso helado then waited for sleeper bus to take us to Huacachina !Read more