Right, this is a huge blog entry! I´m so awestruck by my trip to the jungle that I´ve gone crazy writing. I´ve no desire to bore my friends and family to death so I´ve done a quick summary. If you want to know more read the sections below. *Met up with new group and travelled toa lodge called Refugio Amazonas, a couple of hours upstream from Puerto Monanoldo. *I loved my time in the jungle, it is so beautiful! *We went on a night walk hunting for tarantulas *I´m hooked on Brazil nuts! *Our guide was fantastic. Very informative and good [View Full Entry]

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My final days in Lima were very enjoyable. I felt like I had learnt a decent amount of language considering the short amount of time, made new friends and had some fantastic experiences. Barranco On Saturday I went to visit an older area of town called Barranco. Funnily enough we spent a a fair while driving around Lima the night before trying to find a particular bar so I had already seen a bit of it by car. Whilst wandering around we met a very friendly builder restoring the back area of the main church, in order to build more tourist [View Full Entry]

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El bus It´s fair to say that I´ve been here a good five days or so now and should probably understand how the buses work, considering I catch them to school every day. But no, I still have no idea! Let me set the scene. Lima has a population of about 7 million people. The roads are pretty busy (not Delhi busy but getting there). The drivers are crazy. It´s chaos. Somehow it all seems to work okay. From what I can tell the public transport system consists of hundreds, maybe even thousands of small mini buses that carry people to [View Full Entry]

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After much anticipation I´m finally in South America! I arrived in Lima, Perú a couple of days ago and I already having a fantastic time. This week is all about learning Spanish and the way of life over here. I booked a weeks worth of classes at the local language school and am staying with a Peruvian family to get an insight into life over here, to practice my Spanish, and help teach some English. First impressions of Peru I arrived late in the night, minus my bags, running very late, feeling somewhat anxious that the taxi transfer I had pre-booked [View Full Entry]

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