Beware of the Dog... It was 9.30pm on a cool Wednesday night. The usual mist had descended on the shanty-town of La Tablada, the drops of rain suspended in mid-air as is customary in these parts. The discipleship course at church had just finished and Mark was beginning his normal hour and a half bus trip home. Stepping onto the dimly-lit dirt tracks outside church, he had no idea of the terror about to unfold... enter the dogs. Some guy had draped a blue tarpol...

Where the Streets Have No Name During the 1980s and early '90s, Peru was plagued by a paramilitary group called the Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path), which terrorised many parts of the country, especially the vast mountainous zones known as the 'sierra'. They were an armed left-wing group based on maoist principles, who aimed to overthrow the white, elitist ruling class in Peru. As a result, many foreigners had to leave the country. The sierra was often the battl...