Quick note to say Im in Arequipa. Im off early tomorrow to Chivay and stay overnight then stop at Cruz del Condor and a few small towns if I get time. I will update this ASAP. To get down here I decided to take the bus so it would help aclimatise. I thought 15 hr on the bus better than 1 hr on a plane. That was a mistake cos the first 13 hr was along the coast then the last hour was climbing the hills. I did use the best bus company in Peru. Cruz del sur have the...

Today I went down to Miraflores, the upmarket part of Lima. It is right on the coast on top fo cliffs with million dollar views and price tags to match. There is a walking path around the top and I walked it for a couple of hours. Everyman and his dog was out walking their dog, the ´beautiful´people were out jogging and the place just stank of money.It seems ´camel toe is a fásion statement for the fat old ladies and it is not a good look. Lar...

Well I finally arrived at about 11pm local time last night. I had layovers in Sydney..4hr, Auckland..1hr, Santiago..5hr, and Buenos Aires..1hr. Flying time was a total of 23 hours so all up it made a total of about 36 hours and it felt every bit of it. All the flights were full so I couldn't get a seat to stretch out on and had to sleep sitting up, I dont know where the global recession is. I had to clear customs and imigration in Sydney but that worked out OK ev...