Bit of a nothing day today in this big commercial & westernised city, with their distinct lack of road laws & maniacal driving skills, where you take your life in your own hands when crossing the road. We checked out to check into the Gallery House with the guys & went for a stroll into town via the beach (more stoney than sand). A spot of 'posh' lunch & some dept. store shopping before heading back. A fatboy chicken dish for tea & then cards ...

Something about this place seems to ensure that no matter how early you intend to get up, something just keeps you lying in! But we eventually checked out, went to The Pub for the final time (& my final pot of tea!) & then headed round the oasis to Skype the olds, before catching our 4 hour bus ride to Lima. We knew where Cal & Dean were staying, so just headed straight there. Their place was unfortunately full, but the owner found us a B&B just r...

Didn't really get much of a hangover today, so strolled around the oasis to one of the other restaurants, where we bumped into about 6 of the guys from last night. Obviously we were all in need of some sustenance! Again, a bit more chilling by the pool in the afternoon, before we headed off on our Sand Dune Buggy excursion. Unfortunately, the other 8 people in our Buggy were all Israeli, so we weren't gonna be having too much of a laugh with them!! (Mainly becaus...

Got up to find that the hill that we thought we saw in the dark last night, right next to us, was in fact a HUGE sand dune, & that we were surrounded by them!! And after a pot(!) of English breakfast tea with a half-English/half-salad (?!) brunch, we strolled into 'town' to find that we really had found our own little oasis. The whole tiny hamlet of restaurants, hotels, stalls & travel agencies is built around a REAL oasis about 250m in circumference. The...

Got up & felt very nervous about the flight. But Rach saying that she'd kill me if I didn't come back, really steadied my nerves!! Having booked with the safest company was a comfort though. Off I went, still unsure as to whether I'd do it or not. Got to the little airport & befriended a young couple (he German, her Norwegian) who were a good crack & steadied my nerves slightly. An hour later & 4 of us boarded & took off. We flew at about 3000...