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Day 20: Goodbye Arequipa / Jul, 10
When you see streets and public plazas that look like these, under fully sunny skies at 70 degrees with no humidity, and you know that the nighttime temperature is going to drop to a cozy 48 degrees, and that you’ll be eating some deliciously rich and cheap meal in between now and then… Well, it’s […]
Day 19: Juanita the Mummy / Jul, 09
After the Santa Catalina Monastery, Arequipa’s second-most famous attraction is Juanita the Mummy. Housed at El Museo Santuarios Andinos, Juanita is a 12- or 13-year-old Inca girl who was the victim of human sacrifice sometime in the middle of the 15th century. (I say “victim” because even though the museum’s displays and tour guides kind […]