Flo is leaving today after spending 10 days in Peru with me. Instead of doing a crazy rushed tour of the country, we took our time and pretty much just hung out, wandered around and watched lots of TV. It was awesome. It also gave me an excuse to eat at way better restaurants and to stay at way better hotels than I had been up to this point. For our last dinner we went to a fancy place and ate steak with gorgonzola sauce, with a side of whiskey risotto. Oh my god! So much better than chewy beef with rice and potatoes, or chicken with rice and potatoes, or fish with rice and potatoes...
The few touristy things we did do were great - visiting a beautifully restored convent in Arequipa, spending a day doing white-water rafting on the Urubamba river, and (of course) checking out Machu Picchu. The latter was truly spectacular, although I have to admit that I was actually more impressed by the surrounding mountains than by the Inca city itself. You'll see why from the pictures. Definitely in the Top 5 most beautiful natural things I have ever seen.
I seem to only be able to post five photos per blog post so I'll start with the Arequipa ones:
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