Arequipa

Arequipa is surprising very European…historic architecture, fine dining, good shopping…but probably at a tenth of what it would cost in Europe. It was a great place to rest up from our hike, eat good food, and catch up on writing and photography work. Went to santa catalina while we were there, a four hundred year old nunnery that housed a couple hundred during its heyday. It was a wonderful place to wander around and explore the various minimal living spaces, kitchens, courtyards, galleries, and so on. It was presented like a time piece museum and included more creepy Christianity art, sculptures, and bazaar masochism devices than I cared to encounter in one day…or one lifetime for that matter. Did some music shopping in Arequipa aswell, stoking up heavily on retro Peruvian rock.