In Arequipa we were able to catch up with Castles, Matty the Scott and Sheepdog which was really great. We hadn´t planned on seeing them for another week or so,thus it was a nice bonus. The boys all looked really well, tanned and skinny, need less to say we were very jealous! Arequipa is a really beautiful city with an open plaza and snow capped mountain backdrop. We managed to go white water rafting here which was great fun. We were only on grade 2,3 and 4 rapids however we were not keen to end up in the water which was freezing so the low difficulty suited us to a tee!!!! From Arequipa we took an overnight bus to Puno.