Arequipa, the White City, was a wonderful place to visit, even though I had the misfortune to be robbed. (Read my blog post, here.) Here are some photos of some of the welcoming people and the vivid places I’ll always remember. It included the overwhelmingly photogenic Monasterio de Santa Catalina with its vivid colors and secluded corners. I could have spent many more hours there.
The highway out of Arequipa towards the Altiplano. (2011) Photo (c) Karen AbrahamsonThe arid landscape just outside the City. (2011) Photo (c) Karen AbrahamsonEntering the inner courtyard at Santa Catalina (2011) Photo (c) Karen AbrahamsonThe lovely Carmelita of Puno welcomes you to Arequipa. (2011) Photo (c) Karen AbrahamsonThe ornate facade of an evening church, Arequipa, (2011) Photo (c) Karen AbrahamsonHotel Courtyard, Arequipa (2011) Photo (c) Karen AbrahamsonPeruvian Weaver, Arequipa (2011) Photo (c) Karen AbrahamsonNun’s quarters, Arequipa (2011) Photo (c) Karen AbrahamsonMonastery archway, (2011) Photo (c) Karen AbrahamsonArequipa parade in traditional costume (2011) Photo (c) Karen Abrahamson
Wonderful traditional costume, Arequipa (2011) Photo (c) Karen Abrahamson
Courtyard porch at Santa Catalina. Note the painting under the arches. (2011) Photo (c) Karen AbrahamsonThe nuns at Santa Catalina had individual apartment kitchens such as this with the clay oven. (2011) Photo (C) Karen AbrahamsonAnd antique lock that partitions the modern monastery from the living quarters of the nuns that still inhabit the place today. (2011) Photo (c) Karen AbrahamsonArches leading to what was once the central kitchen of the Monastery after reforms stopped wealthy nuns from having their own kitchens. (2011) Photo (c) Karen AbrahamsonA painted wall and garden within Santa Catalina. (2011) Photo (c) Karen AbrahamsonBlue stairwell and geranium at Santa Catalina (2011) Photo (c) Karen AbrahamsonThe wash basins of Santa Catalina made out of old pottery urns. (2011) Photo (c) Karen Abrahamson
