Before leaving Arequipa we went to the Santa Catalina convent where many wealthy girls were there with there servants but in 1870 that all changed when the pope put a stop to the luxury.
It was like a village with named street and all painted in blue and terracotta.
We left Arequipa to the Colca Canyon and reached a height 4950m at one stage of our journey which took 10 hours.
When we arrived at the lodge it was bitterly cold.
