Day 3: 3/7/12 We Woke up a few times in d middle of the night- still on Irish time! We were lazy then when it came to getting up- spent a bit of time on Facebook and texting. Chatting to Shell- hi Shell!! Muir was in the phone too and a fella popped his head in the door- obviously looking for someone. I sat up on the bed and knocked one of the timber lats out! Muir was laughing at me! But we fixed it again- so all good. Had breakfast then and organised a taxi t...

Day 2: 2/7/12- Happy Anniversary Mam n Dad- hope ye had a good day! Up bright n early! Both of us woke at 4am, which was obviously morning time in Ireland. Got up at 8 though and showered. Muir made a bit of a flood!! Then we had breakfast in the hostel- plain bread rolls. I attempted to have tea n put in milk but then realised it was a herbal kinda tea- yuck!! Not meant for milk!! We hit off for Miraflored then, down along the beach. Lima's answer to the prom!...

Day 1: 1/7/12 Well we got to Lima!! Last night had to sleep on the terminal chairs and in the middle of the night we were all hooshed into one area n then at 4 in d morn we were all marched back again! So not an awful lot of sleep! Checked in fine in d morn n got to Madrid no hassle-actually slept on dat flight! In Madrid airport there seemed to b noone round to help ya (heathrow they were everywhere!) so I headed for the gate n happened to meet the check in de...

So it's the start of my trip! I made it from Shannon to Heathrow anyway. It was very grey and wet looking in Shannon and the Ryanair flight to Gatwick was delayed so I was wondering would there be any problems on my flight but- thankfully all was good, left a few minutes late, but can't complain!! One child near me was squealing with delight when the engines started roaring down the runway!! As usual, I didn't sleep on the plane- kept my eyes shut though, hoping...