Our next stop was Colca Canyon, "The Deepest Canyon in the World". This is actually a bare-faced lie. It´s the second deepest in the world, but is generally misrepresented and misquoted. The deepest canyon is a few doors down, but is rarely visited for some reason. Our accommodation was in a nearby village, and it was here that I feasted on a new type of meat. VEGETARIANS PLEASE STOP READING HERE. Every county I visit, I always try the local cuisine and national dishes, and I am particularly keen on trying new meats. On my carnivorous travels I have tried frogs, crocodile, buffalo, snails, guinea pig, wild boar, bison, kangaroo, horse, antelope, rabbit and ostrich. (my personal favourite is horse. Rich and very tender) So I was delighted to try alpaca! For those of you who
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