Well, we spent a nice few days in the beautiful, crowded and scenic city of Arequipa. The cabs seem to outnumber the people and they are absolutely flippin´crazy when it comes to spontaneous lane changing, ingnoring stop signs, incessant honking and completely ingnoring pedestrians. They have the right of way and that´s just a fact jack! We just got back from a 4 day jaunt into Colca Canyon and actually got to see a number of Andean Condors, but not at the famed Cruz del Condor vista area where the tour buses and minivans drop hundreds of tourons each day. Hell no, that place was shrouded in mist. Well actaully we took the locals bus up there from our hotel in Cabanaconde along with the farmer, their shovels, and the numerous local gals and their wares
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