Anyone visiting peru - don´t use Ormeño buses!! I thought a 4 hour wait in nazca was bad, to find that this mornings bus was initially delayed by 1 hour, then 2 and then cancelled! SO, back in arequipa for a further day waiting for the 8.30pm overnight bus- oh what fun!!  But managed to visit ´Juanita the frozen maiden´- a 500 year old sacrificed inca girl who has been preserved in the ice of the mountains, discovered in 1995 - incre...

Amnice and clean again after a grubby few days and dusty bus journeys! had a wonderful  3 days in the colca canyon  (deepest canyon in the world?)  - bit plush staying in a beautiful cabina in the middle of the canyon, having a luch and swim stop at an oasis and then spending the 2nd night in a hotel!!only me and an australian couple in my group, eva and james, who were great - making their way back to oz after living in london for 2...

Nightmare bus journey - leaving at 2.30 am rather than 10.30pm! But arrived safe and sound - Arequipa lovely city and found nice hostel.  Off on 3 day trek tomorrow to Colca Canyon - good to be out and about again xx