Depsite last night's indulgences I actually felt pretty good in the morning - I wonder if altitude metabolises alcohol more quickly? Went back to the bad service restaurant for breakfast and had pancakes with maple syrup and cappuccino. SPent a while in an internet cafe and went back to the hotel. Was gutted when I got there as I had missed Bridgeen and Willie by minutes. Their plane was due to leave an hour earlier than they thought. I also missed Elaine and Lindsay but they are due to travel to Arequipa today as well so hopefully I will get to see them. Our bus was due to leave at 3pm and take 5 hours. We stocked up on healthy snacks at the bus station - ie Pringles, chocolate and Coke.
Our bus was pretty comfortable with lots of leg room. The first film was utter rubbish. An Argentinian comedy which was a bit like a feature length Benny Hill. After "90 minutes of sheer hell" our waitress (yes, waitress) Andréa, started a game of Bingo (!) over the intercom. Very surreal but good for practising numbers in Spanish. The second film was Man on FIre with Denzel Washington which was actually a better film than I remmber. We even got a food package - 2 mini sponges, a boiled sweet and an orange drink brightr than the sun. The journey to Arequipa was a little stressful as the curtains in the cab were closed so you couldn't see the oncoming traffic.
We arrived in Arequipa at 8pm and went straight to the hotel. It looks a nice one! It has a pool, hammocks and a cafe outside.My room is small but very comfortable and the TV has lots of channels! Dinner was good (veg lasagne) but I was so hungry I would have eaten leaves. We were only 4 at dinner. Paul went to see his Mrs as he lives with his mum and pregnant wife about 5 blocks away. Ted also went to bed early as he was suffering from "stress" from the journey.
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