After a relatively quiet weekend in and around Pisco, I started the week with another cooking day. I have met a lot of interesting people during my time at PSF and it turned out one of the most recent members of the gang had appeared on everyones favourite after work show; Come Dine With Me (Series 2, episode 5). We decided to re-enact her gourmet Indian meal as best we could on our £55 for 60 peeps budget. This included an amazing chicken (and veg for the veggi...

I continued working on the mural during my entire third week which brought with it some rather unusual extra curriculum activities.... On Wednesday night we were invited by the maestro (some of the larger projects have local builders working alongside the PSF project leaders) of the French Hospital project to a big event that happens in Pisco every month: a c*** fight. The maestro, Eduardo, had one c*** fighting in the tournament (which is knock out...not really...

My second week at PSF was just as eventful as the first (sorry for the extra long blog entry!) On Monday morning I volunteered myself along with 3 others to cook dinner for everyone. As this is a pretty mammoth task (you're cooking for 70 people) you are given the day off work in order to plan your meal, go to the market, prep and cook the food in time for everyone getting back from work at 6. As none of us had cooked for this many people before we opted for a r...

And so the next part of the adventure begins. At about midday Becky leaves Cusco and heads to the airport leaving me alone in an internet cafe continuing the mammoth task of uploading my 669 photos to flickr on the worlds slowest computers (photos to blog coming soon!!) When the time is right, I collect my bag and catch a taxi to the bus station where I manage to navigate myself to the right bus (without the help of the ticket agent who chose to pretend he couldn...

"I hate camping" I say to Becky as we spoon to generate some body heat during what has to be one of the coldest nights of my life. I really shouldn't complain as no doubt in 10 years time someone will have built 5* hotels along the Inca Trail, ruining it forever, but my days the nights in that tent were cold! Minus the lack of sleep, I have to agree with the majority of South American backpackers and say that Machu Picchu was one of the coolest things I've ever...