25 April 2006
Arequipa
Peru
Day 38

Arequipa, as I found out today, consists primarily of Cathedrals, churches and a convent where nuns are sworn to abstinence from society and related indulgences. (Why?)
The towns name translate to English means ‘White City’ and the reason for this is because it is where the `Whites`(Spanish) established themselves enroute inland. Hum! Thought it was only South Africa that had these ‘Whitie’ issues but it seems not.

Tomorrow I head inland into the mountains and hopefully to Lake Titicaca on the border of Bolivia. I am really keen to ride through those areas and to discover the land of the Incas and some real history.

Adios
Cathedraled out Ricky.