We spent the day checking out Arequipa "the white city". It has some impressive churches, and we went to the local museum that displays frozen mummies that were Incan sacrifices to the volcano gods. These mummies (the museum has six, but displays only one at a time) were recovered in excellent condition, still frozen in the glacial ice at the summit of the local volcanoes some of which are higher than 6000m. The tour provided was excellent and the museum visit is a definite highlight to Arequipa. We also visited the Convent de Santa Catalina which takes up a whole block, has its own internal streets and is also a major highlight. It´s a very beautiful historic site.
We´re off to the Colca Canyon for a three day trip tomorrow, so you won´t hear from us for a few days.
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