Hi! I apologise for appalling grammar in previous blog entry. I wrote it quickly and foolishly didn't re-read! Anyway, so we have been by ourselves without our g adventures group now for almost a week! Lima hasn't a great deal to offer but it has a well groomed park in the centre of town which is lovely in the sunshine. It had lots of little sweet and market stalls scattered in and amongst the park which add to it's bright atmosphere! apart from enjoying the park we went surfing a couple of days ago! We are now officially surfer babes!!!!! Or so we would like to think...... ? I dI'd however 'ride' a wave-check me out!! And rach nearlyyyyyyy got up, so not quite surfer gal material just yet Hahah ;) although the water was freezing ... read more

So our tour has ended and now me and rach are in Lima on our own. The hostel is really nice, it's called hostel el patio and has a has a communal balcony with lots of flowers and wicker chairs and marble tables. I'm sitting here with rach now and we have just had our dinner of chicken, fish an salad from the supermarket... (we were trying to save money by not eating out and then it actually amounted to the same price if not more money-but hey ya live and ya learn!) We are going to head out now to a bar I think or maybe just stay in... Tomorrow we are going to go to the beach like we did today the maybe have a surfing lesson!! It sounded really fun :) Lots of ... read more

Franks and I have just finished our first meal of alpaca - definitely beats yesterday's diet of potato soup followed by potato and rice! Yesterday we did a home stay with a Peruvian family, 6 kids, 25 sheep, pigs, cows and a donkey! We challenged the locals to a football match (Frankie was in her element) and dressed up in local costumes..probably the funniest experience of our lives (see pics!) Finally arrived in cusco after 8 hours on a bus. Guinea pig for dinner tonight and tomorrow morning we leave to start our macchu pichu adventure...... read more