We decided that however much we loved Arequipa we really had to leave and so we managed to book ourselves onto a bus for this evening. We spent the day doing all the bits around the city that we still hadnt done like visiting the mummy in the museum (really freaky story of the Incas sacrificing children up on the mountain and then the body was found 10 years ago in perfect condition as it had been preserved by the ice) we also went back to the market so I could g...

Well with the hangovers finally gone we were off whitewater rafting today. We had to go off to the market to pick up some shoe....we are still absolutely useless at bartering but we each manged to find something. We were meant to get picked up at 1pm and finally in true peruvian style they picked us up at 3pm and we set off into the mountains to the river. It was great fun trying fit into the worlds most unflattering wet suits, put on helmets and life jackets and...

Well this blog entry is so easy to write, if only they were all like it! We all slept all day. Mike was really suffering, for once i didnt have a hangover and Dan was just dan.

Mike and I decided to have a day apart for once and it was really lovely to have some time to do exactly what we each wanted to do rather then what the other person wanted to. My day was pretty chiilled and I looked around the small shops, managed to buy a lovely painting and after getting lost a few time decided to give up on the idea of visiting some of the monuments til another day. I was pretty homesick to be honest so spent the afternoon just chilling out an...

5am. It was so damn early but we had to get up to go trekking. Our guide met us at th hostel an we walked for a while to pick up the other two people in our group Anthony and a girl who I still cant pronounce her name! We got in a taxi to the bus depot and were put on a local bus. mmmmm the smell at 6am in th morning just what you want. Anyway we were just settling down on the bus to sleep and up pops this bloody preuvian guy playing pan pipes. For goodness sake ...