Set off early (again) to get to the Colca Canyon. This is the deepest Canyon in world and one of the surrounding mountains also is the starting point for the Amazon river (making that the longest). The journey was a 5hour drive along some cliff faces and across some wide open spaces (couldnt vary much more). Lunch on the first day was a buffet lunch - it was quite memerable as Shyri told us about some fat Americans, as they had spent 5 hours at the same lunch sitting and it was only meant to be just over an hour!! The smae people did the Inca trail not long ago. The second day in on the trail the fat Americans refused to walk any further and had to be carried by the Sherpas to Machu Pichu and they still said they did the Inca Trail!!!
Anyway funny stories aside the first of the Canyon was quite impressive, and the sides had been cultivated by pre-Inca civilisations into terraces which they farmed. The Spanish destroyed many of these terraces when they invaded. Afternoon was spent in a spa with a nice temperature in region of 38degree, and some cocktails at the side.
The next day we headed to the deepest point of the Canyon and walked along the side (scary!!!). We took some photos and then waited round for the condors to appear. They duly obliged although proved very elusive when trying to get photos.
We later headed back to Arrequipa where we went for a large lunch. This was probably the biggest portion of pork crackling I have attempted. The rest of the day was spent suffering for the greediness!!!
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