After Cuzco we headed for two drive days to Bolivia, we were meant to be bush camping over night on a football pitch, but the locals actually let us all sleep inside a hall, with toilets and everything, so plush! Bush camping basically means your not at a campsite, ie; no facilities, just time for more getting one with nature! This night was my first night on the cook group, basically there is 7 groups of three people, in this group when its your turn you clean the truck on some days and cook for the whole group on others. So [View Full Entry]

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So we left Puno for Cuzco and had an all day drive to get to Cuzco, the following morning there was no early start so we decided to take advantage and hit the town, would you believe we all ended up going to another Irish Bar called "Paddys" (how original right?!) it was actually great craic, then we headed to a nightclub across the road called Mytholigy, Im still getting used to the fact that one drink here is the equivalant to three in Ireland, so I stumbled home in the wee hours of the morning, thankfully, our hostel is only [View Full Entry]

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16th November- So leaving the orphanage was definatly harder than I thought, when I left the kids did a little song and special goodbye for me, after that there was no chance of me not crying! The flight from Arrequipa to Lima was only an hour and fifteen mins and thank god this time I got my bags! When your in Airports its so cool to see couples in there 50´s and 60´s obviously doing Machu Pichu etc, its like a second lease of life, I hope Ill be like that! I got picked up by the airport and chatted to [View Full Entry]

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30 October - 7th November 2009 Well its been a great couple of days, the sun has shone every day, a nice change from Ireland! At the weekend some locals came and had a little party for the kids which was really nice, because everybody here is so poor and yet still so generous with time and giving food etc. The other great thing about staying in the orphanage is that there is no mirrors anywhere, its the first time in as long as I can remember of being free from vanity, i have forgotten what I look like haha! Its [View Full Entry]

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26th-30th October 2009 The big day finally came, I had spend so long counting down the days and then suddenly it felt like it came so quickly. I barely slept thenight before my first flight, but the hours awake were well spent spooning aiden!I tried my hardest to prepare myself for the moment that I had to say goodbye but nothing could prepare me for how hard it actually was. The realisation of just how much I was going to miss Aiden hit me like a tone of bricks the night before, saying goodbye at the airport was emotional to say [View Full Entry]

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