Usually, all the tourists mainly go to the southern Peru, like the Nazca line and Machu Picchu, but I found Northern Peru is the less touristic and more authentic than the south. And most of my favourite are in Northern.
Definitely, my No.1 is the jewel-like mineral lakes and perfect snow-capped snow mountains of the Santa Cruz trekking in Huaraz. The experiences were really unforgettable.
But when I talked with many travellers who have been to Peru, I found many of them don't even know the name of Huaraz. It may be a pity to them, but due to this reason, the place is less touristic and so only lucky ones who can be able to enjoy the scenic view of the wonderful Andean.
Before I went back to Peru for the second time, my No.2 is Trujillo and the ruin, Huaca de la Luna. Trujillo has the most beautiful plaza I have ever seen in Peru and Huaca de la Luna is a vivid and living ruin which impressed me a lot.
However, when I came back to Peru to take the flight and was able to visit Arequipa and the Santa Catalina Convent, I found my ranking had been changed. I has fallen in love with the elegant city Arequipa and its Santa Catalina made me even didn't want to leave Peru. I would love to stay there for a week, enjoying the elegant blue, charming orange and peru white corridors and architectures without feeling tired.
9.12.08
Arequipa - Santa Catalina Convent
Santa Catalina from outside.
Besides Arequipa, the city itself which I have fallen in love with, the elegant Santa Catalina Convent is also one of my favourite. Thanks for my friend, Ursina´s recommendation, I am so glad that I had visited it.
Santa Catalina is situated three blocks away from the beautiful Plaza de Armas and it is over 2ha in total. So it took me almost the whole afternoon to see all the loving architectures and decorations inside.
Santa Catalina accomondates the nuns who decide to devote themselves to the God for four centuries. And it was always in the veil until 1970 they opened it to the public so as to earn some money to maintain the convent(I think).
The courtyard of silence...actually, in this beautiful setting, I found myself couldn't speak a word.
The mild blue is a perfect match with the buttressed ceiling and the painting on the wall.
Even the not yet refurbished part is adorable.
A quiet 'meditation cave' for me.
Corridor as pure as Angel.
Amid the mild breeze, I could watch this 'picutre' for ages and wouldn't feel bored.
There is a beautiful volcano situated as a backdrop of the Convent.
I admire every detail here.
An orange cross can also be lovely.
The nuns are using this system to wash their clothes.
Lives in the Convent can be very simple.
The main fountain squre.
A quiet and lovely afternoon, maybe I can spend my whole life here?
Besides Arequipa, the city itself which I have fallen in love with, the elegant Santa Catalina Convent is also one of my favourite. Thanks for my friend, Ursina´s recommendation, I am so glad that I had visited it.
Santa Catalina is situated three blocks away from the beautiful Plaza de Armas and it is over 2ha in total. So it took me almost the whole afternoon to see all the loving architectures and decorations inside.
Santa Catalina accomondates the nuns who decide to devote themselves to the God for four centuries. And it was always in the veil until 1970 they opened it to the public so as to earn some money to maintain the convent(I think).
The courtyard of silence...actually, in this beautiful setting, I found myself couldn't speak a word.
The mild blue is a perfect match with the buttressed ceiling and the painting on the wall.
Even the not yet refurbished part is adorable.
A quiet 'meditation cave' for me.
Corridor as pure as Angel.
Amid the mild breeze, I could watch this 'picutre' for ages and wouldn't feel bored.
There is a beautiful volcano situated as a backdrop of the Convent.
I admire every detail here.
An orange cross can also be lovely.
The nuns are using this system to wash their clothes.
Lives in the Convent can be very simple.
The main fountain squre.
A quiet and lovely afternoon, maybe I can spend my whole life here?
3.12.08
Arequipa
For the first time I went to Peru, I skipped Arequipa (2380m). Luckily(or unluckily), as I needed to go back to Lima from Bolivia to take the flight to Brazil, so I could spend 1 extra day in Arequipa. When I realized how pretty Arequipa is and how I like Arequipa, I am really glad that I was given a chance to go back to Peru.
An antique car in the courtyard.
The amazingly beautiful Cathedral in Plaza de Armas at daytime.
The Cathedral was washing with the last minute of sunshine of the day.
Covered in the blanket of starnight.
The comparatively not expensive restaurant which provided me with the splendid view of the Plaza.
The city of Arequipa is as beautiful as a dream.
The kind old man who introduced us to the above elegant courtyard.
An antique car in the courtyard.
The amazingly beautiful Cathedral in Plaza de Armas at daytime.
The Cathedral was washing with the last minute of sunshine of the day.
Covered in the blanket of starnight.
The comparatively not expensive restaurant which provided me with the splendid view of the Plaza.
The city of Arequipa is as beautiful as a dream.
The kind old man who introduced us to the above elegant courtyard.
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