Again I was fortunate to get a double seat to myself, probably because now is considered the low season.

We had only been travelling for 20 mins before arriving at the Pisco winery to be given a full tour of the grape to wine processing technique after which we were taken into a room for tasting and games – all good fun but the real intension was to get us inebriated and loosen our purses and wallets. My purse stayed firmly zipped.

Back on the bus, next stop 5:30pm Nazca lines seen from the top of a tower then dinner at 7pm. I expected more from the Nazca lines but apparently these were not the most impressive and to see these you needed to stay in Nazca and take a small plane fight the next morning.

It didn’t appeal to me so I continued on the bus journey through the night to Arequipa.

Even though the buses are well designed with reclining ( to almost horizontal position) seats, I couldn’t actually get comfy enough to fall into a deep sleep. I wedged my earphones into my ears, started my playlist, tucked both my blankets all around my legs and up to my neck to stop the drafts and closed my eyes.

Nite 😴 🚌