Saturday, 19th December, Arequipa: driving day
People say that the drive from Nazca to Arequipa takes about 8 hours. Which means, without too much doubt, about 10 hours for us. It’s not the fault of the bike, but by the time you’ve factored in lunch, countless stopping to shoot the bike driving through the scenery, you do eventually add a fair whack to your total driving hours. So we pull into Arequipa in the dark. Never ideal. A taxi guides us through the darkened streets to the home of Fernando and Aurora, yet more tenuously related wonderful Peruvians. We immediately promise them that we won’t stay with them for longer than 3 nights. Promise.
