No rest for the wicked

Ok, so here´s a quick update. Took the night bus from Nazca to Aryquipa. It was actually a decent bus, but took corners very quickly and at one point we were all convinced the bus was going to tip over and fall down a cliff. Fortunately it didn´t, but did cause what turned out to be well founded worry about the bus drivers...3 days later there was a fatal bus crash on a route we were taking. Anyway on a more positive note, Aryquipa is a good place to visit, nice city, good food and easy to walk around. I even took a salsa lesson there, though all it taught me was that I can´t salsa! It also involved squeezing 7 people into the world´s smallest taxi so made for a very amusing night out. Also had a great view of some volcanoes from my window. Took a trip to a place called Colca Canyon which is apparently the world´s deepest canyon and has condors there which were very cool. I spent a shed load of money there (well by peru standards anyway) on some jumpers and dodgy hats and also found some nice hot springs. The people on route were very poor and on the way back stopped off at a local school to give them bread, condensed milk and oats for which they were very grateful. School equipment is also hard to come by and even rulers which cost .50 soles (about 10p) were very gratefully received. Am now in Cusco and have spent the afternoon seeing some Inca ruins by horseback which was very cool but a bit painful as well. Tomorrow head off to the Sacred Valley, then 3 days on the Lares Trek, 1 day at Manchu Picchu and then 2 days in the jungle, whcih should keep me busy!