Out and About in Arequipa – October 2018
Below is a smattering of pictures from our four weeks in Arequipa.
A safe place outside when a seismic event occurs 
A safe place inside for seismic events 
Chickens having a bad day at Mercado San Camilo 
Mercado San Camilo’s floral section 
Mounds of fruit at Mercado San Camilo 
Cheesy comestibles at Mercado San Camilo 
This spud’s for you – Peru produces more than 3000 potato varieties, but only a few dozen are at Mercado San Camilo 
Of Peru’s 55 corn varieties, some have huge kernels 
Nice modern buildings obscured by a rats’ nest of wires and cables 
Finalist in alpaca tapestry competition 
Whimsical 3D alpaca tapestry 
Small traditional weaving loom for alpaca textiles 
Alpaca yarn colored with natural dyes from plants and minerals 
All sorts of potions (most based on coca) to get your llama on in the high altitude of Arequipa and surrounds 
This restaurant mandala ceiling artist probably appreciates Michelangelo’s work more than the rest of us 
Not much rain in Arequipa so colorful umbrellas hang out on a restaurant ceiling 
The cross with a ladder and tools, common in the courtyards of many Arequipa churches, represents a mix of Inca and Catholic symbolism 
There was the Tuturutú with its sonorous trumpet, directed towards the Sun, spilling streams of crystalline water, as a sign of irrigation and joy in the center of Arequipa’s Plaza de Armas
