So I left Simon and Paul in Mancora and boarded the bus for Trujillo, where I had to make an overnight stop. Upon my arrival the taxi driver informed me that the hotel I intended on had closed down, but smelling a scam I insisted that he took me there. It had indeed closed down. Trujillo itself was nothing to write home about...so I won't . The following day I took the busup into The Andes and the mountain town of Huaraz,from where I envisaged trekking, mountain...

Arequipa is Peru's second city and I loved it. After laid back Copacabana I was ready for some action and had booked into The Point hostel, home to the wonkiest pool table I have ever played on. There was a BBQ planned for the evening and plenty of drinking games with the party-at-the-drop-of-a-hat Irish folk…bring it on! The city itself is home to 1 million Peruanos and is known as 'The White City' due to the white masonry used to build the monasteries and ...