Well this is it - the final blog of my travels! Can´t believe my 8 months is over but I am so excited about going home!! My last few days in Lima were interesting... went out for our last GAP supper on Sunday night to a fancy restaurant - and got food poisoning!!!!!!!!! So typical that in 8 months of eating in the dodgiest, cheapest places (including eating various insects!) and the one time I go to a fancy expensive restaurant I get poisoned by the tuna!! Was u...

Well this is it, the final leg of my journey - Lima!!! It has been a very enjoyable few days and we arrived in Lima this afternoon. We celebrated Mark's birthday in Nazca on Friday night and had such a laugh. Started the celebrations drinking Danish vodka by the pool and then continued with wine, sangria and some orange potion that Roberto provided! Managed to break the gift we got for Mark but the huge cake was greatly received. Several bottles of wine later we ...

Well it is almost my last weekend in Peru and my trip!! Left Arequipa on Tuesday morning and got a bus towards Colca canyon. We were all so exhausted after the Inca trail and just wanted to sleep but stopped to see several volcanoes on the way which were really nice and attempted to steal an alpaca which we named Andy as it was so soft. Arrived in a town close to Colca and checked in to a really cute hotel in the middle of nowhere and then went to the hot springs...

Well I survived the Inca trail!!!!! Had the most incredible few days and it was definitely the highlight of my 8 months travelling. Left Cuzco at 6am on Thursday morning for Ollantaytambo, which is a really cute little town with great views of the mountains. We met our assistant guides, Rosie and Roddy (who were pretty disappointing, although Roddy did cool matchstick tricks!) for the trek and another GAP group who we would be joining for the Inca trail. The new ...

Have just got back from the Amazon and it was absolutely brilliant!!!!!! Left Puno on Friday morning I think. The miniature market was hilarious and so tacky. It was filled with stools of scary looking objects with tiny dollar bills, babies, armadillos! and other creatures stuck to it. Then a lady blesses it by pouring gross smelling liquid on it and wrapping it in a fake 100 dollar bill! I got a pack with everything in it so fingers crossed! On one stool there w...