Just got back after 4 days in t´he Amazon Jungle. WOW, is all I can say. So far, one of the most wonderful experiences ever. There was a group of 10 of us, Clayton and I were the only Westerners, the others were all Peruvians. We set off on Thursday morning and took a boat for a couple of hours down a river tributary until it hit the mighty Amazon. It is one bloody massive river, I´ll tell you that now. The current flows really really fast and its a mu...

After a 4.30am wake up call, Clayton and I headed to Lima apirport for our 7am flight. We arrived starving and coffee depreived so hit up the Dunkin Donuts as soon as we arrived. The server struck up a conversation with me and, after ascertaining that Clayton was not in fact my boyfriend, nor my brother, solomnly decided to give me the hard sell about what a great boyfriend he would be. After finding out that I was in fact an old lady, (practically a grandmother...

After being in Cuzco for several days its time for me to be on the move again. Cuzco is a really nice pretty city, an d ive really enjoyed my stay here. Everyones so friendly, theres a lovely bloke who runs at my hostel who chats with me all the time, nothing is too much trouble, and despite his s*** english and my s*** spanish, we manage to have a lot of laughs together. I went to Machu Picchu 2 days ago, what a gorgeous place, and totally insane that theres a w...

Well, ive been in Peru since the 5th and so far have done a s*** load of travelling and seem a bunch of great stuff. Its a completely different place to anywhere i have been before. Its VERY poor, and kind of austere too, its an Andean culture, not Latin flavoured like the rest of Central and South America. So theres no salsa dancing, (which is fine by me cause I have 2 left feet and no rhythm) not much machismo (i gotta cople of hisses though) and there doe...