Greetings from Arequipa! After an uninteresting day in Lima, I realized why it was uninteresting: because major cities are all western-style and boring! I booked a 15-hr overnight bus to Arequipa, in the south of peru. I called Roxana to tell her I´d phone when I returned to Lima, bought some food and was off. Pariwana (my hostel in Lima) had a travel agent that helped me book - in general they were great, albeit a little too ultra-hip-traveller for me (nirvana, the doors and aerosmith playing 24-7, with Nsync thrown in for good measure). The bus was alright - comfy seats, I brought along my own yummy food (peanut butter (yes, peanut butter), avocado, cheese, crackers and some pita-style bread), the movies were awful american movies but alas I woke up in a new place,
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