Coming back from Machu Picchu was long. After getting there at 6am, we stayed till about midday and then took the 1000 steps , that I´d neglected to go up earlier (it was still a bit hard actually, ha). WE then, incredibly tired as we were after 4 days of constant walking upppp and doooown, and upppp and doooown, and actually the most tiring and blister creating bit of all, the time when we just walked alooooooooong, just wanted to go to a bed. Any bed. However, our train back to Ollytaytamboo (some of those letters may not be correct) wasn´t until 6.45 so we basically just had to hang around for hours. Which is when I last blogged.Did i say all this already? Ah whatever - you´re only skim reading anyway aren´t you hmm? The ... read more

Now that i'm with Sofia (hooray!) we often lament about the price difference between here and Asia - I have been pissing money away. Not that I regret splashing out a few more soles on trying cerviche the other day- it was a bloody bargain away for the huge pile of seafood i got, but i maybe regret a little staying in such fancy expensive hostels, and getting fleeced by every taxi driver I come across. Well no more! We are feeling poor and have pledged to do better. The poverty may have been inspired by splashing out On a more expensive (well, mid-range) Salkantay trek... But you know what, I don't like being cold and i want a blow up mattress damn it! And an energency horse. I really really wanted an emergency horse included ... read more

Or not, as the case may be... depending on your own level of bravery I suppose. After spending yesterday morning in a jet-lagged daze, and yesterday afternoon chatting to old Peruvian on a bench at the seafront (true story - Silvia. She was lovely... we exchanged email addresses but I can´t read her old lady handwriting) I thougt that today I better get out and about in Lima. I got up bright and early (not that it was my choice... stupid multi-country-jetlag) had mi desayuno, and had a little chat with the hostel staff about getting a bus into Central Lima. They visibly winced. You know what, I´m sure a lot of intrepid young travellers would have said NO, I can do this, I´m a brave, strong, sensible independent woman who knows how to both speak ... read more