16.11.14 - Well after around 44 hours of travelling (24 hours on bus from Cusco to Lima, 11 hour wait at Lima airport, 9 hours flight, passport control and cab to hotel) I finally arrived at The Betsy Hotel on Ocean Drive, South Beach, Miami! Wow! What a beautiful place! It was 8am and the Bellboy was immediately there to open the cab door, welcomed me by name (welcome to the Betsy Miss Shield!), took luggage from the trunk (boot to you and me!) and walked me to ...

Just a quick update of my 10 days in Cusco.......I have had a fab time, relaxing and taking time to explore this lovely town...I decided not to volunteer with Yuri's organisation, it was obvious there were more than enough volunteers and it just didn't feel right...it was lovely to have met Yuri though and some of the volunteers and to have actually seen the place and the good work they are doing.....the staff at the hostal are just lovely...Alexandra passed me a...

19.10.14 - After the last few day's excitement today was a lazy day....got some laundry done, snoozed and watched TV....later on we all went out to dinner and had a 'Pisco Sour' cocktail making session at the restaurant, we drank what we made! We also paid to try a roasted guinea pig......it was alright, but don't think I could eat a whole dish of it, especially with it's ickle face looking at me! Some said it tasted a bit like rabbit....Oh my guinea pig! 20.10....

9.10.14 -Up early with the new group for our journey to Peru! Javier forewarned us that he would have to distance himself from us when we were at the border control from Bolivia into Peru, again for reasons of them always questioning what they believe are guides taking their countryfolks jobs. Well as soon as we arrived at the ferry port to take us across the lake Javier well and truly disappeared, we didn't see him again until we were past Peru border control! W...

29.9.14 - So we are off to Bolivia! First we have to go through Chilean customs to leave the country, nearly left Emma and Andriana behind in the toilets! Stopped in the desert, thinking someone needed a toilet stop only to realise that the little hut was in fact the Bolivian border control! Romi had warned us that they may question her here, as they don{t like to think that a foreigner is travelling as a guide, possibly taking work away from their own people, bu...