From Arequipa we took a mini bus up into the Andes towards the deepest canyon in the world (Colca Canyon). Since we were going to be reaching an altitude of 4900m we did as the locals do and chewed on coca leaves ( very bitter!) but they seemed to work. After many stops to admire the view we arrived in a small mountain town called Chivay. We quickly dumped our stuff in the hostel and went to relax in the nearby volcanic hot springs. Sooooo relaxing! Later, we ...

Arequipa the white city. So the night bus was pretty good. I watched hitchcock the film and 12 rounds on the TV in the bus. When arriving in Arequipa we went for brunch I had a massive mamouth sub. As I didn't get a great nights sleep I went for a nap and then went and explored the city the setting is amazing but it has a lot of western stores, After the nap we went to find the local market to look for alpca/llama wool and in typical Ben fashion I got lost and...

From Lima to nasca we took an 7 hour bus ride and checked in to our hotel and had dinner at a place called Rico pollo basicically the Peruvian nandos. The next day we went to on a dune buggy ride over the sand dunes as nasca is basically in the middle of the desert the went sand surfing down the dunes. After we went and saw the nasca lines and if you don't know what they are check out the picture or Google it. The mini flight over the lines was very bumpy and b...

Jet lag is evil. We have decided. Yesterday is now officially known as jet lag day. Ben barely knew what country we were in and Sarah didn't know what month we were in. Now imagine this and then trying to speak Spanish. Sarah replied to somebody asking Que tal with Que tal. Idiota! Our hostel didn't help much with the jet lag since the bunk bed's slats were very precarious and during one of Sarah's multiple toilet visits, a slat fell onto Ben who was sleeping on...