The buses here in Peru are surprisingly comfortable. The only annoying fact was that they were showing aweful movies for most of the ride (started with a really stupid American war movie - in Spanish - and then went on to a Chinese Kung-Fu-movie). They also turned up the volume all the way which made it almost impossible to fall asleep. Earplugs for the next busride are on my shoppinglist!
Once I got to Lima I only spent about 5 hours walking around and figured it´s not what I´m looking for right now - too busy, noisy and bustling.
Had some nice lunch though ("Ceviche", a specialty here which consists of different types of raw fish in lemon juice)with a local who showed us around the city.
To hop on the next bus and go straight to Arequipa (the far south of Peru) was the best decision ever! It´s such a nice and cute city. There are some really nice old colonial buildings and the flair is similar to the one in Cuenca except a lot nicer.
Yesterday I checked out the Santa Catalina Convent. It´s in the middle of the city and huge but so pretty! The architecture and wall paintings are just amazing! Most of it was opened to public in 1970 but there´s still a part where some nuns live today. It´s weird but it seems like a totally different world within the main city.
I´m just about to finish the last preparations for a 3 to 4-day hiking-trip to Colca Canyon starting tomorrow. Hope to get to see some Condors there and get a bit of exercise after sitting on a bus for such a long time.
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you should get some apple-pie there in arequipa, i heard it's highly recommendable!
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