Thursday A very interesting night bus trip that continued longer than it should. At 3 am we stop. No one knows exactly why. But something to do with a road blockage. We try and sleep. It is surprisingly hard to when you are unable to elevate your legs. At about 6:40am it is so hot and stuffy in bus we get out and discover it is flooding across the road that has stopped traffic and not expected to be passable until at least 12pm. We nibble on snacks and try an...

Wednesday We don't wake early which is nice. It's still hard to get out of bed. Tonight is an overnight bus. Not looking forward to that. We catch it about 10.30pm. Bed time comes late in Peru. Shops and restaurants open till late. We have breakfast of fruit and bread rolls. Lunch is included as part of the tour. We were only going to take taxi to view the nasca lines, but is going to be more expensive than planned tour, so we join the tour. We climb a rickety...

Tuesday We have to be up and packed by 7:50 so we can catch a coat tour to the islands off the coast. We don't have breakfast has s10 each and probably typically little. We walk to the dock and get aboard the open tour boat. The tour is about 1.5hours. We see sea lions, birds and penguins amongst the rocky islands. Researchers live there for months at a time and they remove the excrement 4 yearly. It used to be a billion sol trade selling it back in the day. We...

First day of travel with the tour. We have free time until 11:50 when we are to leave for the bus station. Breakfast is included with the room, traditional of bread rolls with butter and jam. Nothing of substance. We do get a nice fresh pineapple drink. We supplement it with mandarins and custard apples. We go for a walk to find the beach, but have some difficulty. It is very hot and we walk down some side streets. There are still plenty of little shops, but th...

Woke up early- or didn't sleep much, either one! We had arranged to meet Omy at 9am at our hostel so busied ourselves packing our bags from things successfully spread across the room. By the end of last night Malcolm was also ill, but we manage to eat breakfast or buns, egg and tea. We are down in the foyer before 9am awaiting our ride. 9 comes and goes as does 9:15. Malcolm tries to ring on the number he was given, but no connection goes through. We just hav...