Colca Canyon, the world´s second deepest

From Arequipa we started our climb up to altitude again, at one point passing just over 5000m. It really affects your breathing, just going across the road to the toilet makes you out of breath. The snow capped mountains were beautiful and we saw many local people at roadside markets selling amongst other things much needed woolly hats!
The Colca Canyon is the world´s second deepest at 3191m and is stunning with many terraces, used for generations by the Quechua people for farming.
On our final day we were hoping to see wild Andean Condors soaring above the canyon. After two hours though we had to leave without seeing any apart from a finger puppet bought by someone!