KirstyEcc

Got back to cusco the early hours of this morning after the rancid trek. i spent a lot of the 4 days on a hrse who i named sebastian. we reached the hightest point on the salkantay trek on the second day but my toe is really hideous so it was hard for me to walk. We finished the trek with a 4 hour walk on my birthday which was really boring as it was just along a railway track. In the morning everyone decorated where we had breakfast with ballns and ribbons and the cooks made me a cake and i opened my cards and presents from my mm, thomas, martin and jean and the group. When we finished the trek we had a really nice hotel with a hot shower. later on when we ... read more

Just got back from the project phase. It wasnt quite as i expected as there was absolutely no running water so no showers and no toilets, just a hole in the ground. We didnt end up staying in with the locals as we arrived quite late at night, so the whole week was spent in a tent in a big hall. When we arrived the children brought over a deer for us to stroke and some piglets and sheep which was nice. To help the community we worked on a medical centre where there was an inch thick of dust on the floor and no windows. we have sanded and cemented the walls, painted them, cemented the outside, pickaxed some massive grassy ledge and rebuilt a ledge out of stones and cement, made a path, painted ... read more

So I´ve been in peru for a few days now after a nice stop off in New York as we missed the plane, though we made the most of it and saw all the sights and did a bit of shopping. The hostels we´re staying in are surprisingly very nice and the food is good, though one day we only ate rice and chips it was hideous. We´re doing quite a lot of travelling around but the coaches here are amazingly nice with massive armchair seats and tvs and food. Also the aeroplanes here were really good although the second had no vegetarian meals for harriet which was unfortunate. Since we´ve been here we´ve been to the beach and we´ve been to the balestas islands where they had a lot of peruvian birds and penguins and ... read more

Well, this is it everyone, the start of my big adventure! Early start at 7am tomorrow ready for the start of my Peruvian adventure! I'll miss you all and will update you with my comings and goings when I am able to! Bye for now, Krusty xoxo... read more