Yanque

I'm going to continue my posts during our Peruvian adventure. To check the previous post click here.

We have decided to stay with the Posada family in Yanque. It’s a local family offering cheap rooms to stay for the night. They offered us a trek to the mountains. I wasn't able to join them. My splitting headache has gone worse, so I stayed in bed for an afternoon nap after taking some medication. Once I got better, we all went for a swim at the hot springs at a later part of the afternoon.

Check out the town of Yanque in the Colca Valley map here.

olca Canyon, Mirador del Condor and short stops at scenic places before headinack to Arequipa.

Plaza de Yanque

Typical street in Yanque

The afternoon trek I wasn't able to join

We made the right decision to stay in Yanque. It was quiet while the rest of the tourists stayed in Chivay.

Llama along the road

On the way to the Hot Springs

Peruvian woman with her flock

More trekking

Et voila, the hot springs

Dinner with a Spanish Couple staying in the same family home with us

Dinner for the evening- Alpaca Steak

19th September 2008, Friday

"We suffered the cold that night. There was no heating and it was around 5 degrees Celsius. We were all freezing. We woke up at 5AM and had breakfast. We went to the plaza at 5:30AM for the folk show and the bus picked us up there at 6:30 AM for another tour to Macca Town, Colca Canyon, Mirador del Condor and short stops at scenic places before heading back to Arequipa."