So we come to the end!!!! As I write this I am back in the comfort of my room back in York. Four of the best months of my life are over, but with many memories lingering on. Here is the tale of my final few days in Peru. Straight after writing my blog, I went to go watch the "grand classico", the big derby between Allianza Lima and Universitario at Harold's house.Despite an action-packed game (including what appeared to be a mini riot during half tim...

Hallo there and welcome to my penultimate blog entry!! Coming home on the 1st October so will be back in the land of hope and glory in less than one week!! Had another awesome week, including the free wood day I put in a special entry a couple of days ago. The Beach BoysOn Sunday we went for a trip to Paracas beach. So we all got in a bus and set off. An hour later we arrived at the nice secluded part of the Paracas National Park. It was a pretty small beach but...

This is a piece I wrote for the PSF website, about today where we had a free wood day that I organised for the people of Pisco, enjoy! Free Wood DayOn 23rd September 2010, Pisco Sin Fronteras helped a massive 95 families by giving away free wood donated to the organisation by the steel company Aceros Arequipa. The wood given away was wood unsuitable for making modular houses and furniture with, as they were too short, had too many cracks in them or were not the ...

Hallo there!! Has been another busy week (although my passion for staying up late drinking has somewhat dwindled!). I'm reaching the end of my long stay in Peru, with the prospect of returning to the real world looming in just two weeks!! Anyway this is whatI've been up to in the last week and a bit: On Saturday I returned for another half day working at Guillermo's house, continuing the week's work of jackhammering away at the foundations to make way for new fo...

Hello there!! Sorry It's been a while, been busy etc... Anyway I'll see how much I can remember of the last ten days. After writing my last blog on Tuesday I got reacquainted with my room, unpacked and got my laundry done. After getting dinner I headed over to the football pitch for our weekly game of football with the tour guides. We won again making it three in a row that I've played in. Still feeling tired from the previous week's trekkiing, I soon afterwards...