After Cusco I went to Lake Titicaca, which was truly beautiful. We stayed one night in Amantani island where there are no hotels so we had a homestay organised for us. Even though it was a bit touristy it was very interesting to see how the locals live. Valeria, our landlady, was very nice without caring too much, so she kept doing what she would normally do without tourists in her house. We also found out the temperature drops at minus something and that no mat...

I've been in Cusco for the past 10 days and I'm loving it! It's such a beautiful city with particularly welcoming people, even though it's the most touristy place I've seen in Peru. The day after I arrived I started an intensive Spanish course: 4 hours a day one-to-one... thank God it works, otherwise I would have been left with Lourdes as the only other option :-) I already feel much more confident with working in South America. The school is very cool too. It...

After 30 hours in 4 different planes and a total of 31 hours waiting in 4 different airports I finally made it to Peru! I arrived in Lima a week ago and ran away as soon as I could (really not a nice city) towards the South. What I really wanted to do was to catch a flight (yes I know, I´m addicted now) to Iquitos, which is in the North where the real, wild Amazon is supposed to be. Unfortunately, the flight was ridiculously expensive, so I opted for the South...

Unfortunately, I haven't done nearly as much as I would have loved to do in Indonesia as I managed to get salmonella, tiphoyd fever and kidney infection all in one go. I feel much better now, but it was no fun. Wendy has been wonderful by adjusting to my rythms even though she had only 3 weeks of holidays...Wendy will you ever forgive me???? She left this morning, bless her! However, me managed to see Gilis Islands and a few places in Bali and we both loved Ind...

I'm about to leave Vietnam (22-hour bus journey, God help me!) where I spent a couple of weeks with Ginger Paul. We had a great time and although for some mysterious reason he kept saying I'm impossible and other things I cannot possibly repeat, I'm sure he adored travelling with me. Didn't you GP? :-) Apart form joking, it was as pleasant as travelling with Ellie in Cambodia (so GP you're rigth at the top there, happy?). It's really good to see friends after 8 ...