Day 32

I woke up at 4am with very sore muscles, but no time to do something about it, because we started the hike uphill at 4:30am. We walked around 8km uphill, 270 levels in total. After about two and a half hours of walking uphill, I arrived at the top. We waited for the other half of the group for about half an hour and then walked around one kilometer further to get breakfast. We had eggs and bread for breakfast, and afterwards we got picked up by the van again to go back to Arequipa. On our way back we first stopped at the hotsprings. However, we did not go in there, yet ate ice cream in the sun with the 7 of us. After the hotspring stop, we continued our way and after an hour or so, we stopped at the highest point of the area, with a view over an active volcano, which blows ashes every 20 minutes. After this, we had a lunch buffet a few kilometers away. We made one more stop along the way to see wild alpacas and vicuñas. After a few more hours of driving, we arrived back at our hostel in Arequipa. We had an easy dinner and took the nightbus to Puno at 11pm.

Arequipa's highlights:

• Colca Canyon (2 day tour)
• Cruz del Condor

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