Arequipa, Colca Canyon, and Nazca Lines

So we´ve made it back to Lima and just about completed the first half of our trip. After leaving Chile, we looped back up north into Peru to visit a few last places on our way to Brazil. First stop was Arequipa, which is another beautiful colonial city, much like the others we´ve seen. This one had one of the best plazas though and a great convent that we wandered in for a few hours exploring coridors and taking colorful photos…

Arequipa is also the starting point for tours to Colca Canyon, which has been declared one of the deepest canyons in the world although it`s still being debated which one takes the crown. The canyon had some of the best agricultural terracing we`ve seen, but the definite highlight of the excursion was the stop at ¨cruz del condor¨- a lookout for condors. Luckily, we got to see some pretty good fly-bys and Allen captured a few of them.

Finally, we made a quick stop to fly over the Nazca Lines, which are ancient patterns carved in the dessert by a pre-Inca civilazation that can only be seen from the air. They were pretty cool to see, although a little strange to wonder what they were for, which is still a mystery despite the many theories.

In a few hours we´re off to Brazil!!