Took the overnight bus to Arequipa (12 hour trip). Arrived at 6:30 in the morning and had to change clothes and brush my teeth in the bathroom at the bus station… (Good news was, we bought our tickets for the bus to Cusco and they let us leave our suitcases at the bus station for the day!) And then off to the city for a day of wandering.
First stop, breakfast! Second stop, Museo Santury, the current home of the Momia Juanita. This is the same mummy that the Center was invited to analyze textiles for (and I even got to see the textiles we just finished judging the recreations of)!! Then to the Cathedral on the Plaza de Armas, for a tour and to see the reliquaries.
Plaza de Armas
From the roof of the Cathedral, we could see the local volcano Misti, which was revered as a god by the Incas.
Volcano Misti!
Then off to the Archeology Museum of San Antonio, for more Nasca, Wari, and Inca ceramics, textiles and mummies!
Lunch at a little local bakery and then wandering the back streets to look at the Colonial Period architecture, ornate churches, and, somehow, I stumbled upon an art gallery of amazing water color illustrations of traditional Andean life and festivities.
So much wrought iron in this city...
After lunch, we went to the Iglesia de la Compania (another very ornate church).
Here's it's facade:
And then off to the Archeology Museum of the Catholic University of Santa Maria, for yet more ceramics, textiles, and mummies! (I estimate, in total, we saw 10 mummies.)
Back at the bus station at 7:30pm for yet another overnight bus ride back to Cusco.
(btw, sleeping on buses, even if they're sleeping buses, for two nights sucks.)
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