The rest of that day fizzled out without much more to report, and then the next day Joel arrived in Cuenca. That morning, I woke up feeling a bit worse again, and on Gussy's advice, went to the Military Hospital just round the corner. It took absolutely ages getting them to see if the right doctor was there and then trying to spell my name - on different forms I was called Aligtair Theedale, Alistuar treedle, and various other takes on my name. Eventually I sa...

So, my bug didn't go away as soon as I'd hoped, so the next few days were spent doing much the same in Huanchaco. Joel, having done nothing with me (except he did a bit of surfing), decided to get something done and headed south to Huaraz to do some trekking, and we agreed to meet in Mancora. I spent 2 more days in Huanchaco, in which time I got well into Treasure Island, before forgetting to pick it up when I left to get my taxi to the bus station. Got an ove...

So this should be a short post, with not much at all to report from the last week. We've definitely had a more relaxed time though! We spent both Saturday and Sunday in our hostel in Cusco, racking up 17 or so games of pool in mine and Joel's head-to-head, and doing not much else, other than going to a market on Saturday where there wasn't much to see, then a club on Saturday night, and cooking a sausage stew the evening after. We also sorted out our bus at 5p...

So me and Joel spent that tired Sunday in Cusco sorting out our lives here for the next week. As well as walking round the city, seeing the sights and grabbing a cheap "menu turistico", we found out about Macchu Pittchu treks, of which there are loads and about the biggest bungee jump in the Americas, just outside Cusco. We found the cheapest tour agency we could, which was also recommended to us by some other people in the hostel, and booked ourselve...

Right, this is the longest I've left this, and so much has happened so it might be a bit rushed and missing a few things. So Allon eventually arrived that evening after37 hours of continuous bus travel,very tired and delirious, but still agreed to move on from La Paz the next day. Hannah had some trouble with her cards - both of them were cancelled by her bank - so I lent her enough to last her til she got to Cuba, over a week, then crashed out, still feeling i...