Ola amigos! So we chilled yesterday during the day and went out for lunch/dinner with Sanchia (the english girl) and then about 5.30pm me and Paddy went out for our run, I tried to persuade Harriet and Sanchia but they both reckoned it would kill them. I had to improvise on gym attire as I had not bought my gym clothes or trainers; Primark beach shorts, a vest top and Vics walking shoes it was! It was almost dark when we set off and we done about 10km in an hour...

Hey all, We have got friendly with a few of the people in our room and a couple of other randoms so have been exploring with them the last couple of days. Friday night 8 of us headed to a park where they had a light and water show thing then come back and had a few drinks in the hostel bar (green tea for me). Our posse included me, harriet, the english girl here to work on the genocide, the english dude who shagged the transexuals, the disillisusioned american g...

Thanks for the positivity guys! Things are looking like they might work out ok and gradually getting everything sorted. We had a chilled night in the hostel bar last night and got speaking to a few interesting people. A girl in our dorm has just arrived from England and is here as part of her History and Hispanics degree doing a placement with a human rights organisation looking into the slaughter of 100,000s of Peruvians in the villages in the 1990s when a Maoi...

So my bag got stolen on our first whole night in Peru. I have lost my passport, money, bank cards, ipod, camera, yellow fever certificate, all my books and journal. But we are ok! Thankfully I{d left my iphone at the hostel charging. We were at a little resturant having dinner and my bag was by my feet, but some guy come and stole it. I am kicking myself for being so stupid and I cant really believe it has happened! I also realise the total limitations of my Span...