Arequipa

Ay up,

Just a quick note to let you know that we are currently still in Arequipa, although we are getting a 14 hour bus ride tonight to Peru´s capital, Lima. The city itself isn´t supposed to be all that much fun, but i think we´re going to be arriving at a big festival time where everybody parades around in purple. I don´t really know much more than that, but it sounds pretty interesting all the same.

October is also a big month for bullfighting apparently. I might try and see a fight, match, game, tussle, event ....... i´m not really sure what you´re supposed to call such a cruel activity. Not sure that i agree with it, but i think as a spectacle the whole event, atmosphere might be an experience worth encountering.

We still don´t really have any plans for after Lima just yet. There´s a few coals in the fire to quote every cliche ridden football manager there has ever been, but we will just have to take one day / game at a time and see what happens.

Arequipa is a pretty cool city, or at least the center is. It is known as the white city and is pretty much dominated by a cathedral ( as most cities are here) and a massive monestery. Whilst here we undertook a three day trek to the Coca del Canyon, saw a 500 year old mummy named Juanita and stayed in a very posh hotel for our anniversary. But i will tell you all more about it very soon in my next installment which should appear within a day or two.

Hope all is well with you all
Rob