The mighty amazon! (8th-11 April) Back on the bus, we took a very bumpy ride towards Misahuialli - The Gateway to the Amazon. We watched "The City of God" along the way and then stopped for food outside a school, where about 40 children stood a meter away watching us set up and then stared at us while we ate, like a crowd at a zoo. When we arrived at Misahuialli twenty minutes later, we walked down to the river, and saw were greeted by a few cute but ...

Banos, canyonning and my police experience! (5th Apr - 7th Apr) The next day we set of for the small town of Baños. Baños literally means bathroom, which is how we ask for toilets in Spanish, however the town is not so called because of it's variety of toilets but because of it's hot springs. The town is situated 1820 metres above sea level and has warm, subtropical climate. It's nestled among soaring green hills streaked with waterfalls and is one ...

I AM A PRO SURFER!!!! The next day we headed down to the nearby town of Mancora for our first ever surf lessons. Mancora was a small but cool little beach town, unsurprisingly packed with surfers from all over the world. The waves were pretty big here but we were told it was perfect for beginners. Mancora has the biggest left break in the world, so it was a pretty good place to learn to surf! We hailed what we thoguht was cab to get there, but in fact it ...

THE NAZCA LINES AND A WHOLE LOAD OF SAND!!!! 21st - 23rd March The next morning we were woken up quite early by the sound of the waves and the heat from the sun. We got back into the sea for a bit fefore a game of frisbie and some food at the resteraunt. Before we knew it we were back on Swampy and heading for Nazca. We made a quick stop along the way at the Chauchilla cemetry where I saw more ancient dead bodies (there´s been a lot on this trip). It was a...

BEACH PARTYYYY!!!!! The next day we were up at 5.30 with breckfast on the bus. It was an average journey, although Swampy got a fine for being to heavy (despite us all running to the front of the bus to try to make it lighter) and I slept most of the way. After a few hours we arrived at Paciffic Ocean for the first time. It was great to see the sea and to make matters even more impressive, we were also travelling through a desert with impressive Turkey Vultures ...