Arequipa was not a nice town!! I ate a Guinea Pig which was not very pleasant andeverything felt a little threatening!! However there was El Misti Volcano,a 5830M summit to conquer!! We started the climb at 10.30 am friday morning and hike with our packs for 5 hours in the sunshine up to base camp at 4500M. After supper we were in the tent by 7 freezing cold and knackered!! No worries though just had to get up at 1am and hike for another 6 hours to the top...

New country of Peru this week!! First stop Cusco amd all the Inca ruins!! We were unable to do the Inca trail as fully booked up until end of november!! So instead a 2 day tour to Agua calientes and macchu Pichu!! Day 1 took us through the sacred valley on a very cramped bus tour! Went to a lovely Llama farm and I felt a little guilty about having eaten one previously!! Day 2 we were up at 5.00am to hike up from Aqua Calientes to Machu Picchu we didn't make sunri...