Ice ice Lady

The second most important city in Perú (after Lima), and likewise the second biggest tourist town (after Cusco) is Arequipa, aka La Ciudad Blanca, so named due to many of its buildings having been built of sillar, a local white volcanic rock. It's located between three volcanoes and is completely Spanish and mestizo in origin. No inca ruins as far as the eye can see.As is a must-do, I tried two of the traditional Peruvian dishes here: Alpaca, which was amongst the most tender meat I've ever had the pleasure to taste, and cuy, which might've tasted slightly like chicken, but that's hard to tell, seeing as there's not much meat on it.One of the highlights in Arequipa is the Museo Santuarios Andinos, which normally hosts the frozen inca mummy girl Juanita. However, she was on a world tour, but instead we got to see the equally frozen inca mummy girl Sarina. Most of the artifacts found high up the mountain of Ampata were on display. The 14 year old girl was sacrificed to the gods after a strenious trek up the mountain, were she was kept frozen in almost perfect condition (except for her face, which unfortunately had been exposed to the sun) for over 500 years until she was discovered in 1995.Close to the beautiful Plaza de Armas (which held a little dance festival in honour of the augmentation of the new mayor) lies Convento de Santa Catalina. A convent consisting of several buildings of different sizes, narrow streets, flowers and trees and old time kitchens. Every area of the convent is specially colour-coded, and the beauty and timelessness of it all made for many a snapped photo.The second night ended up being a real party night, as we visited a local nightclub, invented new ways of toasting, improvised the ”I'm so Sticky Blues” and came up with new dance moves, including, but not limited to ”The Viking”.In case you were wondering, cuy is Spanish for guinea pig.