It's felt like ages since I last wrote but I guess that's just because so much has been happening. Right now we are in Nasca waiting for our overnight bus tonight to Arequipa, so I have a bit of a chance to write. I´m sorry if this is the first journal that you´ve got or you don´t get this one. I´m just adding addresses as I am able. We spent 2 whole days in Lima, mainly in a seaside suburb called Miraflores. It's pretty flash by local standards, but most tourists stay there because it's much safer than the rest of [View Full Entry]

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Hi all, this is the first propper entry that I´ve made, so it may not go that smoothly, but bear with me, it´ll get better. The flight over from Aus was pretty good. Long, but good. I think it was about 35hrs all up, and we were glad to see the hotel in Miraflores, Lima for more than just one reason. Once we had cleared immigration and customs,(customs by the way consisted of handing a form to guy who obviously had no intention of searching anyone´s bags and looked like he just wanted to get everyone through so he could go [View Full Entry]

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I know everyone needs to plan before they go on a trip, but I'm starting to wonder when enough is enough. Does not chaos theory throw all planning out the window anyway. Oh well, not to bother. I have my list of stuff to buy now, about 40 to do items (all of which are important), and about 8 weeks to go before I head off to South America and Canada. Oh yeah, that's the point of all this! An around the world ticket for 5 continents, 12 month working VISA for Canada and a Finnish (EU) passport should give this [View Full Entry]

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