note: time of gps is wrong

well, the food poisoning finally hit me. last nigt i got up at least a dozen times, and this morning’s guided tour of a museum was hell (every few minutes i’d get cramps….i don’t think i could handle giving birth). but, now everything’s ok again…i think…which is good since i have a 6hr drive to tacna tomorrow.

like antigua (guatemala), arequipa has some towering mountains surrounding the city — they’re an awesome surprise and add a whole other dimension to the city. recently, the glaciers on the mountain tops have been melting (not necessarily because of global warming), which may sound like a bad thing…but on the plus side they’ve exposed several inkan burials. one frozen burial of a 12 year old girl, ‘juanita’, was preserved very well (skin and internal organs still intact) and can be seen at a museum here. scientists have even determined how the girl died (blow to the head), when she last ate (8hrs before death) and what her last meal was (vegetarian).