the flight of the condors

I thought that i would love arequipa. but i didnt, not for one bit. it`s even didnt make the name truth as ¨ciudad blanca¨, the true ciudad blanca is still Sucre, Bolivia. (and the best city ive ever been) Asi, asi, Bolivia por lo mejor mundo. i really hate to be treated like a bloody tourist. on my trip ive never felt molested like when i was in arequipa. i couldn´t even walked a arcaded hall without somebody yelled ¨amigo¨or ¨konichiwa¨. I do not have any interests in your overpriced restaurant, ¨uruse, baka¨.

so i did not spent one night in arequipa and just used it as transit to camana and Colca canyon. which are 2 amazing spots.

arrived in arequipa i went directly to camana. one of the ugliest beaches ive ever seen in SA. it`s the dessert background that make the place sligthly unpleasant. but when i was theere, the lady of my hostal told me about her place in Colca canyon. well the canyon was my goal to be in arequipa departement anyway so yeah of i go.

i had really bad luck the night ive arrived in Yanque. it was 23.00 and the town was desserted i walked around and try to find a place to sleep but there was no one that answered my called.
so i went to the hospedaje of the lady of camana and decided to slept on the porch. in my mind i knew that one day i would stranded without a place to stay, and so luckily i stranded there in yanque where is relatively tranquille.

i learned more about the town from doña Gloria. a cafe owner, a guide and director of a NGO. and also a coca leaves reader. the first time i saw someone read coca leaves. she also told me about the colca (it`s a circular pre -inca tombes build inside the canyon walls). also on my way there when i asked for the direction, the guy was gladly offered to walked together (he headed to the same direction) and asked me about Holland, and what kind of stuffs people cultivated and also offered me information about the canyon and surrounding area.. and without expecting any money. sometimes i lost the faith in humanity but things like this made me really happy.




the next day i went to cruz del condor. its the deepest part of the canyon and also a natural habitacions for the condors. one condor strucked on a rock really nearby and sat there for 45 min without even bothered about the just arrived group of french speaking tourists. after that 10 condors circled about and flew really closed. when they cruzed nearby you could heard the wind whizzled. the colca itself with 3400 m depth suuposed to be the deepest canyon in the world and with the chain of snowcapped peaks of the andes it provided a majestic thrones for the majestic birds. one of the best spot in peru ive visited.

next stop: Nazca

abrazo

Ch´