Sidenotes

A few observations and side notes...

Writing on Hills
Northern Chileans and Peruanos LOVE to write on the side of hills, from Incan like heiroglyphs to coats of arms to the name of cities to your tourists using a bunch of rocks to write their names... it´s everywhere.

Dogs
dogs dogs dogs dogs and more dogs... everywhere... just wandering the streets. Usually well groomed and with a collar, but just wandering free everywhere. One of the most interesting sights I´ve seen was on our way through a poorer outer suburb of Arequipa where house upon house had a dog on their roof. Usually standing right on one corner, gargoyle like, sniffing the morning breeze... classic! (at least you know they´re not eating them) :-D

Chicken and chips
...oh how they love it here in Peru. To their credit there´s no Maccas, no Burger King, no KFC, but there´s a chicken and chips joint on every second corner!

Peruvian booze... oh yeah!
We have so far sampled at least seven different local beers which have all (with the exception of 1 malt beer) been extremely tasty!! Plus, Peruvian rum!! oh so cheap... so so cheap... YAHOO!!!
Picked myself up a 1L bottle of 3 yr old Ron Pomalca for about AUS$5. mmmmmm tastes a bit like a cross between brandy and rum, so we have christened it Brum, but still goes down super well with a spot of coke. Thankfully we haven´t downed enough to see if it gives you a brandy style hangover too... Pisco sour is fantastic too. Possible one of my favourite cocktails!! Am keeping photos of all the booze for my soon to come Sth American Boozography :-D

I think thát be all on my sidenotes... catch ya next time

Nick