The border crossing between Bolivia and Peru went smoothly. The bus trip continued from Copacabana to Puno. We had a group dinner in Puno, which is a nice way to get to know the other travellers on the bus and not having continuous feasts of junk food if you are on the bus all the time.
The bus I was on continued to Cusco, so around midnight we met with the bus going to Arequipa and the people headed there got off grabbed luggage and swapped. The bus arrived around 6:00 and I was lucky that I could check into my hostel straight away. I had a shower and nap and then went off walking around the city centre.
It is probably one of my favourite cities that I have been to on this trip. It was clean, and the architecture is very unique in that many buildings are made from a white sillar volcanic rock. The main square hosts the cathedral, which is built along one whole side of the square, it has an impressive size from the outside, runs long and narrow though.
I did a walking tour at 15:00 and learned a bit more about the importance of Arequipa and its history. Arequipa is surrounded by three volcanoes- Misti being the closest at 17km. It is over 5,800m tall!
Unfortunately, I didn’t spend more time in the city as the next day I was headed off to do the Colca Canyon trek, pickup commencing at 03:00!!
