And now to Huaraz, where I am now but am leaving tomorrow for Lima. Amazing views on the way here of stunning mountains and extraordinary rocks formations - sat on the roof seats again and got covered in dust. Made a nice change from the miles and miles of utterly arid but somehow still rubbish-strewn desert we had been experiencing of Peru. This place is at 3100m - altitude sickness height for a few of our party, and we have further heights in the rest of our tr...

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...