Well, now we are in Arequipa, and we have to say that this is definately the nicest city we´ve been to yet. It´s really clean, lots of colonial buildings, lots of history and spectacular views - we are again surrounded by volcanoes!We didn´t really intend to get all the way down here this quickly, but bloody Holy week has been the bane of our lives! Getting kicked out of our hotel in Pisco, then not being able to stay in Huacachina cos the whole...

...continuing from our boozy morning in Ica, we then travelled on to the desert oasis of Huacachina. IF YOU GET THE CHANCE YOU MUST COME HERE!!!!!!Amazing is the word. Bang in the middle of a cluster of gigantic sand dunes, there is a flippin lake! Or oasis if you please! It is a really cool, youth-orientated place, lots of really nice bars and good food and of course sand boarding and dune buggy tours!We had the use of the facilities at a really plush hostel, wh...

Came to Ica this morning to sample LOTS of Pisco and at its various stages! Had a fab tour round the first vineyard and distillary, where thankfullly, one of our new found Canadian friends, also on the tour, acted as interpreter for our Spanish speaking guide! Amy and Jess were two gals who actually attended the tour yesterday to the Islands! Can´t swing a cat over here without bumping in to someone you know/recognise!Anyway after sampling about 6 different...

Today had an interesting start - whilst waiting to be picked up for our tour the hotel owner said that we couldn't stay another night cos he was fully booked! So we had literally 5 mins to run upstairs, chuck everything in our bags and make the room look acceptable - much fun! Thankfully the owner had the decency to look after our bags for the day otherwise i think we might have killed him! It was kind of our own fault tho - it's holy week and thurs/fri are the d...

Hello people! We have covered some miles since we last wrote! We are now in Pisco - home to the famous grape brandy - we haven´t sampled any yet! Yesterday was a mammoth long-haul journey - we left Huarez at 9am (catching the bus by the skin of our teeth - damn the o.a.p. receptionist! Running with 20kg bags aint amusing!) and got to Lima at 5pm ish (we haven´t seen Paddington yet by the way) we then felt that we wanted to move on again cos the city w...