¡Hola a todos! It is time once more for me to type down a few notes, this being my final blog on Peru before moving forward to my current destination, Ecuador. Indeed, Ecuador may yet revert to being my final South American destination before flying north to Panama: I find myself convalescing in Baños after a severe bout of Salmonella Typhus but, that is a story for another blog – suffice it to type that I am feeling much better now than a few days ago! A s...

¡Hola a todos! I waved goodbye to Lima and settled down to an interrupted night mirrored in the film being played; ‘The Day After Tomorrow’. My destination was Huaraz, a location popular among travellers and Peruvians alike for its breath-taking mountainous scenery, fresh air and clean way of living. A small town with a notable European contingent of tourists and settled residents both, Huaraz is ideally situated in a valley flanked by two glorious mountain...

¡Hola a todos! I departed Cusco, finally, destined for the Peruvian capital, Lima. I had tarried so long in Arequipa and Cusco that I decided to forego the apparent delights of the southern coast in order to make up a little lost time: I still have it in mind to journey on past Ecuador into Colombia overland before eventually flying up to Panama and on into California. Waving goodbye to Cusco and to so many close friends in particular was difficult. I could we...

¡Hola a todos! (My second blog of the day). I rose early upon the morning of my trip into the Amazonian rainforest, leaving my warm, cosy bed a little after five o’clock. There followed the typical protracted wait wherever Peruvians are involved: vehicles, predominantly taxis, came and went as I waited patiently in the bitter early morning cold outside the ‘Aldea Yanapay’ hostel. The occasional larger automobile passed by, temporarily raising my hopes th...

¡Hola a todos! I arrived back in Cusco late in the afternoon, mere hours after departing from Machu Picchu, exhilarated, tired, content. My trek-mates and I spent one night more at the nice hotel – once again I enjoyed a room all to myself – and headed out en masse that evening for a final, farewell meal. The location for this meal (which I doubled up as a birthday meal in my mind at least) was chosen by one of the girls and revealed itself to be suitably r...