After Lima we caught a bus down to Pisco. The place is still a bit of a mess as they had an earthquake here a few years ago and it hasn´t really been rebuilt. We took a boat round the Islas Ballestas which is known as the poor mans Gallapagos. The islands were completely covered in birds from end to end and obviously also bird s***, so they had an interesting aroma. Apparently they come and collect the bird s*** every ten years to use as fertilizer, that mus...

Apologies for not writing in so long. After spending a few days on the coast of Ecuador we headed back inland to Cuenca. Did a bit of sight seeing here and watched Ecuador V Bolivia in a pub. The commentators get seriously excited when anything at all happens, when Ecuador scored he said Goooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllll for about ten minutes. Last stop in Ecuador was Vilcabamba, a little village in the hills where they claim to have discovered the secret of ...