So today I survived the Nazca Lines! This morning we woke up to clouds so we weren't sure we would get to do the flights so we visited a local cemetery in the morning. The cemetery is famous for grave robbers attacking and stealing a lot of bodies etc but they have a few uncovered tombs with the bodies intact so you can see the bodies of the people with their skin and hair intact, it was pretty amazing but pretty creepy, I wouldn't like to be dead and exposed in ...

Last night we travelled by bus from Lima to Pisco to spend the night. We went for a look round town and you can see the damaged buildings from the earthquake in 2006. Apparently Pisco has been hit by 2 earthquakes and a tsunami within the past 5 years! We spent the evening having a meal then drinking beers on the roof top. This morning we left at 7.30 and headed out to the harbour to catch a boat to the ballestas islands, which are a group of islands covered in b...

Yesterday I arrived at the Kamana hotel in downtown Lima to begin my trip. I was met by the guy who I was to share a room with, Peter, an older Australian guy. I spent the afternoon pretty much napping while waiting for everyone to arrive. In the evening we had a briefing of what we would be doing on the trip and after a couple of beers we all headed out for dinner. For some reason our hotel was more than happy to serve us alcohol, even though a dry ban is in pla...

So last night we all went out for a farewell meal as I was leaving today. It was good to spend one last meal with all the friends I have made over the past month, and everyone is very kind and helpful with ideas of places to visit and well wishes. Following this we all decided to go to a local club for one last night out. To get there I ended up sitting in the back of a pickup truck. Doing so at a minimum of 3000 feet made it one pretty cold trip but fun all ...

So today is my last day of work with Expand Peru and over the past week I have had an amazing time getting more involved in the projects and trying to make as much of a difference as possible before I left. We have finally started painting the decorations on the front of the building project and as I was the only one with any kind of art experience or skill so I was responsible for drawing the design on the front. Its good to know that although its not painted...