The big day has arrived!! I was having a little trouble sleeping as I was excited to be back on the road so at about 3:30am I was awake and getting my things organized. I left the house at about 7am and unfortunately no one was up so I couldn't say goodbye to Elizabeth and her family. I caught the bus into Trujillo and got to the Linea bus terminal where I would be catching a bus to Lima. Luckily I gave myself loads of time as traffic was bad and it took an hour ...

After very rugged roads, slipping our of my chair and various temp changes from steaming hot to freezing cold I awoke around 6am with full anticipation for breakfast. At 7am breakfast had still not been served and people you could see were getting anxious - I decided to have a snack and prey breakfast was coming. It wasn't until 9am breakfast came and what a joke it was: 100ml of orange juice and two tiny cupcakes - note to self never expect anything and you will...

Finally - a goodnights sleep, exactly what the Dr ordered. I had a lazy start to the day followed by a wonder around Limas main square and food market. Tonight Abi and I were having a cook-up; I was cooking ratatouille and Abi - Lomo Saltado. We brought some fresh vegetables, meats etc and then wondered through China town. The rest of the afternoon I researched my upcoming Peru trek and in the evening when Abi got back we went for an evening stroll around the cit...

Although I managed to get some sleep it was intermittent and from 2:30am onwards I was woken up every 10 minutes or so - to go with that the bus driver was terrible and every now and again he would hit a pothole at full pace or slam the brakes on really hard causing everyone to wake in sudden fright. At around 9:00am and after 16 hours on the bus we arrived into Lima - the landscape is all sand-dunes and desert clashing with the ocean - reminds me a lot of Morocc...

At around 2am we arrived at the boarder of Ecuador and luckily because of the time there was nobody else there - I got my exit stamp and amazingly got my entry stamp into Peru at the same desk (we were told the two boarders were miles apart??). Within 20 minutes everyone on the bus was cleared but unfortunately customs was going through the luggage under the bus, we boarded the bus but waited another hour before we could depart. Once again I was able to get some ...