Night bus from Nazca to Areguipa

It is supposed to be a 10 hours journey but in its typical fashion, the bus is always late. To make things worse for this trip, the bus broke down when we had 178 km to go before arriving at Arequipa. The bus is generally comfortable and it has an incline for sleep. No one expected it to breakdown and when it stopped unexpectedly in the early morning when people were still sleeping, those locals were most alert and asked the attendant who did not say a word to the passengers until asked and right away they all took off the bus and switched to another one that  happened to be near by (the bus stopped at a toll station). Unfortunately, they only had limited seating on the other bus and by the time we knew something was wrong, the seats were all taken and we (and most tourists were left behind to wait for another bus which took an hour to arrive). The replacement bus was those 18 passenger van with much smaller seats. At least it was in working condition. At least 3 more hours to go. It is a good thing we were not catching a plane or joining a tour. The excitement, uncertainty and frustration of traveling. It is supposed to keep our brains alert and young. Our brains were definitely working overtime during those initially uncertain moments :) hoping for a safe arrival to Arequipa ... 

PS:  we finally arrived at Arequipa after endured the most bumpy ride to the second largest city in Peru.  You should have seen everyone dashed to the washroom (only one available for men and women each). Another long line up ...