Arequipa Rob's first overnight bus journey was a particularly pleasant experience - sat next to a fat, drunken, snoring, personal-space-invading Peruvian, so he wasn't in the best of moods when we arrived in Arequipa. Got some yummy eggs and cardboard for breakfast at the bus station and had the pleasure of being gawped at by a very weird man. So now there were three grumpy people. Then we arrived at our hostel - La casa de Tintin - worthy of a mention because it was so wonderful - ensuite bathroom, hot shower, yummy breakfast, cable TV, electric heater, and......a hairdryer.....yes, an actual hairdryer. Bliss. Spent a couple of days in Arequipa. Visited the Santa Catalina convent, kind of like a mini city complete with streets and plazas. The nuns' apartments were actually quite nice - mostly
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