Arequipa and Mancora, nothern Peru beach town
We have now been in Mancora for a couple of days and the weather is absolutely beautiful. Nice to be in shorts and swim wear, instead of layers of clothing when we were in Lake Titicaca .
Staying in a great oceanside hotel. Our room is large and once again to the delight of Robin a beautiful hammock on the outside patio. Enjoying our down time here. We do find that there is limited english spoken here, but Robin in managing to be understood as he has more Spanish then Claire. This place has not really been a tourist destination in the past as it is not easy to get to, however lots of building going on and we are sure that it will soon become a busy spot...it is beautiful here.
Have been enjoying lots of seafood while here and our favorite dish is Majarisco, a great mixture of seafood in a wonderful sauce. Will need to have a Peruvian dinner party when we get back home.
Just a few bits of news from our time in Arequipa. Claire decided she needed a haircut and for the price of $5 managed not to get sheared like she did in Nicaragua!!
When we were on our trip to the Colca Canyon, we tried a fruit called Tuna, which is the fruit off the prickley pear cactus. The lady who sold us this fruit definetely took a course in marketing....she told the group that the fruit was good for .....LOVE.....
Another interesting cultural difference between two Pre-Inca tribes in the Colca Valley, was that the women wore different types of hats. Once wore a very flat top hat and the other tribe wore a conical type hat. Both types of hats were depictions of cranial manipulation that the pre-Incas did on their upper class.
The next day when we were back in Arequipa, we were sitting in the central square just watching the world go by we were approached by 5/6 local school children (well dressed) and they interviewed us. Wanted to know where we had been in Peru and around Arequipa and also asked if they could take our picture. Once they took the picture I asked for 1 Soles and the young boy who took the picture looked quited stunned. We then started laughing and he realized it was simply a joke.
Received some great news this past Sunday, our son Richard and his partner Lisa got engaged. We are thrilled.
No pictures this time around...sorry.
Staying in a great oceanside hotel. Our room is large and once again to the delight of Robin a beautiful hammock on the outside patio. Enjoying our down time here. We do find that there is limited english spoken here, but Robin in managing to be understood as he has more Spanish then Claire. This place has not really been a tourist destination in the past as it is not easy to get to, however lots of building going on and we are sure that it will soon become a busy spot...it is beautiful here.
Have been enjoying lots of seafood while here and our favorite dish is Majarisco, a great mixture of seafood in a wonderful sauce. Will need to have a Peruvian dinner party when we get back home.
Just a few bits of news from our time in Arequipa. Claire decided she needed a haircut and for the price of $5 managed not to get sheared like she did in Nicaragua!!
When we were on our trip to the Colca Canyon, we tried a fruit called Tuna, which is the fruit off the prickley pear cactus. The lady who sold us this fruit definetely took a course in marketing....she told the group that the fruit was good for .....LOVE.....
Another interesting cultural difference between two Pre-Inca tribes in the Colca Valley, was that the women wore different types of hats. Once wore a very flat top hat and the other tribe wore a conical type hat. Both types of hats were depictions of cranial manipulation that the pre-Incas did on their upper class.
The next day when we were back in Arequipa, we were sitting in the central square just watching the world go by we were approached by 5/6 local school children (well dressed) and they interviewed us. Wanted to know where we had been in Peru and around Arequipa and also asked if they could take our picture. Once they took the picture I asked for 1 Soles and the young boy who took the picture looked quited stunned. We then started laughing and he realized it was simply a joke.
Received some great news this past Sunday, our son Richard and his partner Lisa got engaged. We are thrilled.
No pictures this time around...sorry.
posted by Robin and Claire at
11:13 AM
4 Comments:
I want to see a picture of Claire's haircut! (or is that why there aren't any on this post?) and what exactly does "sheared" mean anyway? Did you pull a Britney Spears? Oceanside hotel sounds wonderful. Glad you're having some down time, as the previous posts have sounded very active and full. Till next time, love Rich's Fiancé, Lisa (I love saying that!)
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Leece, at 1:47 PM
Hello!
I finally got a chance to sit down and read through your blog. Sounds like you guys are having an amazing time. We are doing well. The kids are "graduating" from their pre-school class on thursday and they have a presentation for family and friends. They also had their dress rehearsal for the end of the year show for the dance studio where they are taking "creative movement" they are really excited about it. My big news is I am heading to Edmonton on the weekend to see The Police in concert there. I got a ticket front and center.... only $225!.... yeah only.... :)
Have fun the rest of your trip. Must have you over again when you get back.
Love Heather, Roger, Aleah and Connor.
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Heather Dewald, at 9:04 PM
great reading your blog you two. Very informative, educational and all that jazz. So when you guys tried the "love" fruit from the pear cactus plant, was their a matrimonial suite available for you this time?
Marc
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Marc, at 1:15 PM
We absolutely love reading your blog. Honestly, we think you should become travel writers and have your own show on TV. If Jake & Mieke deBoer from travel magazine can do it, then so can you. We never see them eating ostrich or any other fine cuisine such as guinea pig and with you two willing to do anything and everything, then you would have a much better show.
We are finally basking in 20 degree weather this week. Yipee!!
We haven't seen temperatures like this since coming home from Palm Springs. Last week, it was rain, rain, rain. Missed a few games of golf because of that.
Look forward to seeing you when you get home as it's been a while since we last saw each other.
Take care and travel safe -
Love, Ernie & Shirley
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sverkade, at 3:11 PM
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