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Ladies' day
... likely to be scared, the children would also have been proud to be chosen and ready to give their lives to be closer to their gods; in so doing becoming almost deified themselves. I was sceptical - would a kid really want to die? - but then you look at the religious martyrs of today and maybe the idea isn't so far fetched after all. Aftera fairly horrible veggie lunch and a stroll around an alpaca museum, we headed to the Santa Cantalina Convent - a complete ...
Arequipa
... my legs and hands, I was smart in that I used my chiffon wrap to cover my back, shoulders and arms as they needed timeout of the sun to recover, though my scalp is scorched again. Apparently the malaria tablets worsen sunburn so maybe that's why factor 30 seems useless. Used the shower which was great as it had good water pressure unlike some of the other ones we have used. All fresh we headed back into town, went to the cathedral which was nice very pretty and then did another ...
I'm way behind here
... there was a band playing. It was a nice change of pace. No children. We danced with the locals, and I have no idea what time we came back to the hotel. Time isn't important in Peru. Lots of things aren't important in Peru. Like picking up piles of garbage on the sides of the street. Or worrying about the massive numbers of dogs that wander the streets. Or pollution from buses and cars. Extreme pollution. Hard to breathe. Everything is just ...
Amazing Arequipa
... inexplicable sights & smells in the meat section - but the best was the fruit section; every piece of fruit you can imagine piled up high & bright - what a sight & smell. Alan gave us a few warnings - don't buy any of the meat as it's been sitting out, only buy the packed cheese & make sure you wash any fruit you buy, they we're left to our own devices. We buy some fruit at the market then head to a veggie restaurant Alan pointed out for a ...
Colca Canyon
... so that made us determined to go to the thermal pools. We did go and we tried our hardest to kidnap the guide so we could stay longer. The girls (Mel and Kelly (from Oz) told me that the guide had a massive crush on me as he had not left me alone all day. I had noticed a little but didn't take any notice of it. So we played on that then and managed to squeeze another 10 minutes out of him at the pools.
To be honest, the pools were the ...
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