Buenos dias all: good news - I am not drunk anymore and can therefore catch up on reporting all my Peruvian shenanigans...it's been a fun week. Will try to break it up into a couple of sections for your reading pleasure... So - to the jungle, the mighty jungle. Well, it all started the night before really...knowing we had to be up at stupid o'clock, a small hardy crew of us decided that getting battered (turns out I am s*** at s***head and paid the price) wa...

Must first point out that I am very drunk at this point. Therefore this post may not makes masses of sense. And I promise to fill it in properly too - soon - but I have been hit by happy hour gin&tonics. And we have to be on the bus...sorry, truck...by 7am tomorrow. boo that. But I will just leave you with titbit tasters of the exciting news that is (eventually) to come (along with more photos, yes I will I promise): killer spiders, raging bulls, border crossings...

It should have been the most boring day in the world ever: at least 12 hours on a truck with nothing to do but play endless games of Connect 4 and try to stop your playing cards from flying out the window, but it was oh-so different. Until lunch was pretty normal. But then we got out of the truck and set up for food, and a random bull comes wandering up, with its owner utterly uncaring, swinging away in his hammock...so Daniel tries a bit of matador action to get...

"It's not a bus, it's a truck": current motto. And the truck's called 'Tortuga'. She's a pretty cranky 'Turtle' currently spewing oil from one wheel, but hey, muchos respect...have spent many hours in close contact with her recently, playing multiple games of 'Deathcard' and rolling Connect4 tournaments. Only on day 5 of the tour but having such a good time, loving being with a crew of peeps again...really interesting mixture, from Icelandic hard-man, to Iri...

First thing must say is to those who are in the midst of evil exam season: I am thinking of you. Good. Now that's out of the way I can get on, with a slightly clearer conscience, with making you all green with envy at the incredible time I had in the Galapagos Islands. It all started with me lucking out immensely and receiving a free upgrade to a five star boat, the Coral I, complete with whirlpool, barman decked out in black tie, and cordon bleu cuisine on...