We arrived in yet another colonial town on our south bound journey through Peru, this one being Arequipa. Having spent a long time on a bus we were delighted to find a hostel with a tv where we recharged our batteries for a few hours before heading out to explore the town The following morning we headed off on a bus to the famous Colca Canyon. We had a guided tour of the region and stopped for our first taste of coca tea. As you may expect, this is the plant which, when mixed with chemicals produces that world famous drug we know as cocaine. Don´t worry mam, we would have to be chewing on a kilo of leaves to get any sort of effect and Lord be good to us our mouths just aren´t that
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