9th Aug I got up at 6am and caught a táxi to paraccas which is where the islã del ballestas are. Supposedly it is the poor mans Galapagos islands. Well this man is very poor! We were taken out on a speed boat to the islands. The number of birds were pretty amazing to be fair and I was pretty surprised now to be pooed on. This guy nick I went with got pooed on twice. Pretty lucky you could say. We also got to see penguins, sea lions, fish and dolphins. It was a...

8th AugThe bus finally arrives at Ica and I decided to head straight out to the desert oasis of Huacachina. I got this 3 wheeler taxi to the hostel, got ripped off by 5 soles and finally check into the hostel and find it has a swimming pool. Im in heaven! I grabbed some lunch down by the lake and bumped into this guy H that we had met back in Bolivia and so hung out with him by the pool all afternoon. I booked myself onto the eat as much as you can bbq at the ho...

7th augI think by this point we had both realized that after spending 5 whole weeks together with our only time apart really being while we showered or went to the toilet that it was about time we both ventured out alone and had a few days away from each other. I know that Mike was probably ready to kill me just as I was about to kill him. To be honest I was just excited to be able to go off and explore peru on my own and see if I could actually do it. I spent th...

6th AugOn our final day of rafting we were treated to a delicious Israeli breakfast of tomatos, eggs, onion and spices. It was seriously amazing! During the morning we tackled some crazy hard rapids (3,4 and 4+) and after being told the stories of all the people who had died there we were glad to come out of them alive. I have a video of it so you can check out how crazy it got. We finished the day with a bbq prepared by our guide Jose before getting the 2hr bus ...

5th AugI woke up, went for the most scenic wee I have ever been for and got bitten on my bum by sandflies! The sandflies are awful and have covered us both from head to foot in the most itchy bites in the world! Any open flesh is a target!Breakfast was lovely and probably the best Ive had in Peru with fresh fruit, yoghurt and scrambled eggs. We tackled some massive rapids today; it was so hair raising at times but bloody good fun. We stopped for lunch after about...