First sighting of a Mercedes in South America

Day 21: Currently in Arica, Chile. We have just crossed the border and are now waiting for our bus to San Pedro de Atacama at 10pm. Another whole day of travelling as we left our hotel in Arequipa at 6:40am this morning and won´t arrive in San Pedro until 10am tomorrow. This border crossing was infinitely better than the Peru-Ecuador one... and yes! First sighting of a Benz! Granted, it was a Benz circa 1990, it was still a Benz!

The Colca Canyon hike was... well, looks like we managed to find and book the harder of the routes yet again (Salkantay is, apparently, the hardest of the common routes to MP). Of course, it´s amazing what the human body is capable of. To think that a week ago I was dying with the uphill climbs! This time around, even in altitude, Eden and I both were rocking it on the trek. Suck it, Belgians! We also befriended an awesome Aussie now living in London, Elinor! (Details to come).

Now for some stereotypes. Don´t get offended! Hah!

Germans: crazy, robotic trekkers who are built like hawses; sometimes very annoying. This does not include the Germans on Salkantay!
French and the French-speaking Belgians: Snooty mcSnootersons!!
Swiss: highly friendly, diplomatic people.
Americans/Aussies/Canadians: ie, the three amigas on the CC Trek; loud and obnoxious in restaurants; totally entitled and expecting everyone to speak English; bitches, in general.

Ciaoooo, ciao!