Well thats the end of my tour of the Plaza´s of southern Peru. Contrary to what I have read on many blogs and forums it is very safe. You cant walk for more than a couple of minutes without seeing a cop or security. All are heavily armed, even in the small towns. The bus network must be one of the best in the world. From the absolute heaps of rubbish that run up and down the main streets of Lima to the opulent tourist busses. The city busses run up and down the main streets, you get on and off when you like and they cost only a few cents. The tourist busses are like a plane. Some even have hostess and give out meals. There are hundreds of them to choose from at varying levels of service and comfort, priced accordingly. The hostels I stayed in were on the whole clean and , I thought, value for money. I stayed in single rooms with bath room in the 30-40 soles range. Of course, some were better than others. The only one I hated, and moved, was Bahia in Puerto Maldonado. Food was very average. Im not a foodie and generally eat quite cheap and usually on the street. For a country that claims to be the home of the potato and boasts over 4000 varieties they could be a bit more inovative. The only way I was served potato was boiled (and dry, with no sauce) or as chips. Occasionally they would serve a couple of varieties as chips. Every meal came with rice. It was like being in Asia. I had chicken and chips twice and both came with rice. The best meal I had was civeche in Arequipa, from a little old lady in a roadside stall. The worst was last night in a restaurant here in Lima and was also civeche. It was soo bad I couldnt eat it so payed and went outside to a roadside stall and bought better for half the price. Drinks are resonably priced if you dont go for high end. Beer is OK and comes in king browns. (620ml) Chicha was an experience. Being homemade, every one is a bit different. The ones I tasted ranged from sweet and chunky to sweet and smooth. Generally it is quite a sweet drink and mostly like flat ginger beer. Aguadiente is excellent. Hard to find but worth the effort. It is distilled spirit made from sugar cane and flavoured with aniseed. It is a bit rough to drink straight but with coke was my favourite drink. Pisco is rum. If you like rum you will like pisco. I dont and I didnt. Ayahuasca smells like swamp water, tastes like swamp water and has a hell of a kick. The traffic here is much the same as in Asia. Particularly in Lima, they treat the road rules as a suggestion. There is liberal use of the horn, usually to say "get out of the way". Generally the only problem I had was they drive on the wrong side of the road. Whistle blowers. very cop, security guard and council worker has a whistle. They blow them incesantly. No one takes any notice and it can be anoying. After some time you get to ignore the like the locals but at first it is strange. Ive had a great time here. I cant imagine coming back, too many other places to see, but Im certainly glad I came. Now that I know it is time to go I cant wait to get home.