We are thoroughly enjoying our time in Peru so far. We spent a couple of days in Lima looking around the city and visiting Huaca Pucllana, an archeological site older than the Inca civilisation right in the city. We went to see a Peruvian dance show and got dragged up on stage! We flew over the Andes to the Amazon jungle where we trekked, saw wildlife and sweltered in the heat! After our jungle trip, we went to Cusco - which, at 3400m above sea level, is about a...

We arrived last night in Lima, Peru after a few days in England and Madrid. We had a wonderful time at Stu's and Mika's wedding at Woburn Abbey and were made to feel very welcome by our family and old friends! We stopped off in Madrid for a couple of days on our way to South America. The weather was fantastic, especially compared to the miserable British summer weather which had greeted us in England! Alex and Helen joined us and we had a great time sampling th...

We enjoyed Koh Samui, swam lots and bought too many heavy Thai souvenirs!We spent a day on a bumpy speedboat travelling around the Angthong Marine Park where we snorkelled and kayaked. The scenery here reminded us of Halong Bay in Vietnam. Parts of this area were used in the filming of "The Beach". We continued our island hopping to Koh Tao where we stayed in the quiet Ao Muang (Mango Bay) in the north. Quite different to busy Chaweng Beach, we loved t...

Our first destination in Thailand was Chiang Mai. We spent a few days there taking a Thai cookery course and going trekking. We really enjoyed the cookery course which was held at an organic farm. We learnt lots of new recipes and techniques and ate all day! We were quite lucky with the weather on our trek (we only got caught in a torrential downpour on one of the days!). We enjoyed staying in the jungle in bamboo huts and going rafting. We then flew to Bang...

We flew from Siem Reap to Vientiane (capital of Laos) where we spent a couple of nights. We encountered our first real bout of the rainy season in Laos. We didnt get up to too much in Vientiane - pretty boring city really - but did have nice walk around and a beer or two on the river. We then headed to Vang Vieng. Here we went tubing - this involves getting into a fast flowing river in a big rubber ring and floating down the river for 4km. This would probably ta...