My bus to Arequipa left at 6:30am so I was up early. The seats at the back of the bus were on offer so I sat there saving 40 soles. However the bus attendents wanted to use the back seats to put things on so they asked me to move forward. The seats further forward did have slightly more leg room. So I got a posh seat for a cheap price, bonus! We stopped in Nasca for quite a while, I think we were waiting for our lunches to be loaded onboard. A local man that had ...

The next day I booked a bus ticket back to Lima as apparently it is easier to get a bus from Lima to Santiago than it was from Cusco. Also Neil and Matt were still in Lima sorting out new credit cards and passports so I wouldnt be on my own. I got the last seat on the 6pm bus. I had a very pleasant bus journey and arrived in Lima at 1pm. I went to Inka lodge where the boys were staying and was put in the same room as two weeks ago, so I chose the same bed. I was ...

Me and Sarah got a lift back to Cusco on the truck. From Cusco we would be able to get a jungle trip. However since the robbery Sarah had changed her mind about the jungle as she didnt have any clothes, shoes or malaria tablets. She just wanted to get out of Peru. So Sarah booked a flight to Santiago and I booked a 4 day / 3 night jungle trip in Manu National Park.Jungle Trip - Day 1: I got up at 4:30am and got dressed in the dark. I picked up my two bags and tip...

The remaining 5 Dragomaner´s, Me, Sarah, Matt, Neil and Shanna were stowing away in the truck for a couple of days at the beach. We left Lima and began the drive north. On the way we stopped at a National park called Lomas de Ancon. There were several walks you could do but we chose the shortest one of only 20 minutes. It was through green hills with rocky parts. It was a nice walk despite being up hill a lot of the time, but it wasnt too steep! However it was v...

After the boat trip we arrived in Lima, the capital of Peru, in the early evening. We went straight to the hotel and got ready for our final meal together. (It turned out to be the first of many final meals over the next few weeks!) Dee, whose arm was now in a plaster cast having broken a bone in her hand, was leaving in the early hours of the next morning so it was indeed our last meal as a whole group. I had been put in a room with Shanna, another teacher ... a...