Bachata Pre Party So today we got up for breakfast and at 12 o'clock duly went over to the Sheraton to register. There were only a couple of other people doing the same so we anticipated a quick in and out after which we could look round a bit more of the city. However after asking if we were dancers or spectators (obviously we and everyone else who came after us said dancers) they couldnt find our names on the list and we stood around waiting for them to get ...

Moving hostels again. We had another lethargic morning today of uploading photos and blogs, we were so stuffed from the previous night's meal that we didn't even manage to eat breakfast and settled for a couple of coffees each instead. Around 1 or so we left the hostel and took one of the pairs of trousers back, it turns out that they didn't have 3 pairs of 32 inch trousers and had slipped a pair of 34 inch ones in as well... What's more odd is that they have ...

Valentine's Day We got up today at the leisurely time of 9.30 and were sat having breakfast by 10 which consisted of as much bread and jam as you could eat and a healthy supply of coffee or tea. Having failed the day before to find the Valentines Day present I wanted to get for Andy and him also failing in being able to book a restaurant, we decided to go out for a walk to see if we could accomplish these little jobs. Not knowing where to start we thought we'd...

Lima Got up around 8 today and had breakfast at the hostel while uploading some photos. Since we had to move to another hostel we elected to hang around until the official check out time of 12 and then make our way the 2 or so miles to our new lodgings. We arrived to find that the owner had gone out and we couldn't check in until 4 o'clock so we left our bags there and went out to look around instead. Miraflores is Lima's restaurant district and turn out to be...

Islas Ballestas We woke at about 6 after a much better nights sleep in the tent than on previous occasions thanks to the roll mats and the sandy ground and got up to pack the tent away which we accomplished in record time. As we passed the front of the police station one of the officers came out to make sure we were ok and we thanked him for his help the night before then walked down to the sea front to see about a boat trip to the Islas Ballistas. We were ins...