Professional Bus Riders

So it seems there are only 2 routes that backpackers in Peru take, the one to Bolivia and the one from Bolivia. Just after I finished writing the last post, guess who we see checking into the hostel that Andy and I are checking out of? The same three Irish guys from the day before! I expect that won't be the last time we see them.

The salt flats tour was amazing, we saw some unbelievable sights and freezed our bottoms off. The photos are all on Andy's camera so those will come shortly. After 3 days of intense jeep driving we were back on an overnight bus to La Paz.... only problem was that it seems they overbooked the bus and there were two girls in our seats! So we spent 8 hours sitting on the stairs at the front of the bus (Andy just full on slept in the aisle) and then got about 4 hours of sleep after 2 girls got off the bus (who coincidentally were the same girls we met on the way down... and they gave us beer :-) ). Then it was a mad dash to another 12 hour bus to Arequipa, where we are now. Now we are just relaxing and seeing some sights. We met up with Ariana and Carmen this afternoon for lunch and are meeting them again shortly this evening.

It seems Andy and I may be going separate ways after Arequipa. I would like to check out the Nazca lines and do some sand boarding down near Ica and he wants to go with Carmen to climb another mountain (I've had enough of the cold, snow, and climbing). Plans are still in the works, but I'll keep updating on here.

Chau for now!