Hola Seems the last postcard I sent got lost en route. Bloody cyber mail, it's worse than the south american mail service!!At the risk of repeating myself we are in Chile. Though somewhat north of the postcard image which is Torres del Paine national park. We are in the driest place in the world (look it up) the Attacama desert where according to my guidebook it never rains! ever! much like Manchester in that respect. Left Peru with aching feet and a sence of s...

Hola In Cusco, which is apparently the navel of the world !(some Inca theory)Just returned from a 5 day trek to Macchu Picchu. Was absolutely amazing. Hard going, but jaw droppingly beautiful. Hiked to 4800m which was testing, but walked through glacier topped valleys, canyons and jungle all in 4 days. Staying in tents in the remotest places, bloody freezing at night(needed my alpaca jumper) but bright sunshine every day.Met some of the locals who live the most...

Hi from Peru. Been here for 8 days. Didn\'t get strangle mugged in Lima. Did some sand boarding in the desert which was amazing though steve was much better than me. Stayed in Oasis, which was haven from general hectic cities. Caught up in local strike action as we returned from trip to Colca Cañon(deepest in world apparently). Forced to walk through burning picket line like couple of tourist scabs! Missed out on the Condors yesterday but had amazing hot spri...