Travel Review: Sisters' Trip to Peru, Arequipa, Lima, Colca Canyon, Machu Picchu, History, Local Cuisine, Wildlife

It was a perfect trip I would not do anything differently, except that on our last day we were taken to the airport much to early.  I don't know if it had to do with the connecting flight from Arequipa but arriving at the Lima airport 7 hours prior to U.S. flight departure was very difficult, I had to wait 4 hours before checking my luggage and as I was traveling alone it was not possible to use the bathroom or even try to get something to eat/drink without leaving my luggage unattended.  My sister flew back to France the next day and had the same procedure.  It was difficult to spend 7 hours in an airport prior to an 11 hour flight home.  We might have made different travel plans had we known about the 7 hour wait and perhaps have flown into Lima from Arequipa the day before, but by the time we found out the Arequipa to Lima tickets had already been purchased by our travel agency.