Mike: So we finally arrive in Cusco after flying from Iquitos to Lima then on again to Cusco. Cusco immediately looks nice, all the streets are clean there are no car horns and the buildings are all intact with big old spanish-looking plazas. We get to our hostel (Pariwana) and check in. The hostel looks great, we have a dorm room that looks out onto a court yard filled the tables, bean bags and a ping pong table. Upstairs they have a film room and a bar and...

Alicia: Finally i can fill everyone in about Iquitos and the Amazing Amazon. After the great sent off in huancayo was interesting to get back to travelling. When we'd arrived in Iquitos we were knackered and frankly was more of a culture shock. Looked like India with all the tuk tuks and bikes and was hit by it being actually warm( huancayo being in the mountains was freezing). When we got to the hostel we met some Brits who took us to this awesome bar which tur...

Mike: Well that was our final week in Huancayo! It has been a week of meals. The last week we ate out pretty much constantly, this week we have been eating round each others. Monday turned out to be a pretty standard affair. No work on Tuesday - makikita had some Uni students helping out as part of a community project. Juliana said that she didn't really need our help so we decided to be healthy and make a fruit salad, we headed to the supermarket to pick up s...

Alicia: Crazy but today is actually only a month since we left home. Feels like ages tbh cos we've done so much. Over the past week and a half I feel like my Spanish has come on loads and that we've got to experience more of Peruvian life which is exactly why we came here. Mike's last entry left off around last Sunday when Sandra bid farewell after 2 months here. Feels strange without her but we've definitely had to work harder language wise which has been a goo...

Mike: it's been a busy week or so. We finally got to see The Avengers (Los Vengadores as its called here). I loved it, we managed to see it in 3D in english with Spanish subtitles. Unfortunately as it was a bank holiday here they hiked the price up to S17.50 (about £5). Cheeky gits. Still, want to see it again. Last Wednesday I took my first English lesson with los niños at Makakita. Me and Alicia prepared a work sheet which involved running through colours, t...