Lima to Arequipa 2/6/09 Lima contd After writing the blog we returned to the hotel to join the others for a few Cuba Libres(rum and cokes) after which we all went to the lively end of town, Miraflores, which is like a mini Vegas on the coast .There are casinos, big hotels, eateries, bars etc. We went ten pin bowling and played crazy bowling: bowling blind, on one leg, backwards and after being spun round. It was a really good laugh and we all ended up on our ar...

Punta sal to Lima 29/5/9 Punta Sal Had a lazy day today. Spent the morning writing our last blog update then headed back to the beach for some lunch. Another oasis truck were staying at the campsite and we had a game of rounders in the afternoon. Amazingly we both got rounders but Phil had a groin strain from running in the sand..After recovering from our exersions we hired some sea kayaks for the early evening and chased some pelicans from boat to boat before ...

Hi guys, now in Peru, here our lastest edition to the story so far!!! After leaving Baños after the last blog we missed our stop on the bus ride back to the hostel and ended up getting a lift back three miles with a local man after some broken spanish negotiations on price !!!We arrived back in time for home made Pizzas, the first cook group meal...delicious !!A great evening chilling with crew and playing a few games. 25/5/9 Rio Verde We spent this morning w...

Thanks for the messages, here´s our next installment, enjoy, with photo´s!! Quito to Baños 17th May 2009 Quito to Otovalo Early start to meet the group leader Kristy, Brandan the driver and the rest of our travel mates for the next 53 days. Seem like a good bunch, mixed ages and slightly men heavy. Three lads were missing for the first meeting nursing hangovers from the night before… We got on board the truck and made ourselves comfy for a h...

Thanks everyone for your messages its great to hear from home. Glad the exams are going well for Sarah and Richard x Here´s some photo´s for you Deb. We are finally relaxing and are really enjoying everything so far. This post is an update of stuff we´ve been up to since 11.5.09 11.5.09 We´re sure you all knew we were climbing a volcano this week and so Monday was spent getting equipment , boots , crampons, gaiters, ice axes......Liz began to get a bit n...