Exploring Peru on Belmond’s Andean Explorer, voted the world’s best train

I started my first trip to Peru in the south at over 2,000 metres above sea level. Peru’s second-most populous city, Arequipa – nicknamed the White City for its striking buildings made from sillar, a white volcanic rock – looks like a city frozen in time. It certainly feels that way coming off a long and arduous journey from Hong Kong, but I digress; in spite of traversing multiple time zones to get here and forgetting what day of the week it is, I land on a weekend of celebrations marking...