An overnight bus took us further up the coastline to Mancora. Supposedly the creme de la creme of Peru`s beaches, with sandy unlimited beaches it attracts the must-be-seen of Peru. In reality, it had a slight Blackpool theme about it and seemed just a little bit more than a shanty town. Trujillo was certainly far better. The first day we spent there was cloudy and wet so spent it wandering through the town and catching up with emails. The second day was a lot br...

Heading to the sea, we took a night bus to Trujillo. This lovely little town had some excellent restaurants (and cocktails) beside a quaint sea side. Excited about being near the sea again 3 of us hired body boards and went out to test the Peruvian waters. Unfortunately it was hard to catch good waves and a strong current kept pulling us down the beach. It was still fun to try though! The scrummy mango and strawberry daiquaris also helped the situation!Day 2 was ...

Lima the capital of Peru, is a mixture of Spanish colonialism and a buzz of a city multiplying within the 21st century. Driving through it was a mass of high class living and basic living all crowding together to find space. For the majority of our group this would be the last destination for the tour - only 7 out of the 15 would carry on into Ecuador. Therefore our first night in Lima involved a goodnight dinner and many, many drinks. At the bar we were at, we d...

On the twelve day of Christmas my true love sent to me; sand buggying and pisco!We left Nazca the next day to head to the seaside village of Paracas. On the way we stopped in Huacachina for sand buggying. Huacachina is an oasis near a massive sand dune area. Only 5 of us opted to take the sand buggying experience and I can honestly say the others missed out on a very fun adventure.We set out in the buggy from the town and as soon as we hit sand our driver revved ...

On the eleventh day of Christmas my true love sent to me: weird lines drawn in the ground.We left Arequipa on a night bus to head to Nazca and the famous Nazca lines where we had booked onto a 30 minute flight to see them.The Nazca lines were created between 200BC and 700AD by the Nazca population. They first came to international light through the work of Maria Reiche in the late 1940s and it is thanks to her work that the lines are preserved. The lines are shal...