What to do when Children Approach for Money.
Traveling through poorer countries (economically speaking), it’s a given that at some stage during your journey you will be approached by children after a bit of money. Their techniques may include begging, selling trinkets, polishing shoes or even trying to steal. Some will be the friendliest kids you’ve ever come across, others might kick you [...]
Trekking in Colca Canyon – Peru
Not too far out of Arequipa, Colca Canyon is more than twice as deep as the Grand Canyon. We organized a 3-day, 2-night tour to the canyon through Traveller not Tourist. First stop was to check out the endangered Andean Condors. Soaring gracefully over the canyon using the rising thermals as they hunt, their huge [...]
Santa Catalina Monastery – Arequipa Peru
The Santa Catalina Monastery in Arequipa Peru is a blue and red adobe walled structure, a city within a city. Its construction began in about 1580, not long after the founding of the city. It was once home to many nuns and their servants, completely secluded from the outside world, but now only a few [...]
Volunteering – Flora Tristan English School – Arequipa, Peru
Class has finished, and I’m walking down the gravel road from the school to ‘la cancha’, the basketball court where the afternoon games go down. Sarita, the youngest regular student, is on my shoulders, yelling something that I comprehend as ‘go faster!!’. I quicken my step, charging through the dust cloud created by the kids [...]
