With air lock time coming to an end I feel as if i have been caught mid jump as I am about to fly out. I have not as yet thoroughly reviewed trauma principals nor have i managed to unknot my swollen heart. There could therefore be no more appropriate time to leave; 'hurry up and wait' at its best. Ma and Pa engulfed me in a cash blizzard yesterday for Christmas on the condition that i do not 1. Die 2. Contract HIV 3. Etc. Joke is on them cause I was never going to do any of those things anyway. I have printed all of my documentation in triplicate, stuffing the lining of my bags with photocopies of my face. It has been an odd experience saying goodbye to people over the last few ... read more

Chistmas is here; the time for being with the ones you love. In this mixed up crazy old world though, I have found myself once again leaving town and setting out on finding somthing that is both abstract and elusive. This writing will, however, hopefully keep me close enough to those that I love to let them know in their heart of hearts that i have not been killed. Mery Christmas, Horatio Lawnspreader... read more

After an overnight bus ride down to Curitiba and a two hour bus down to pontal do sul we took a little boat out to the island to see the first real sun in the Brazil part of our trip. The island has no cars and has a protected northern end which Lachlan is convinced contains some kind of top secret military base, due to the very buff perk rangers on the island and big wire fences, that or the womb of the earth, i cant remember which he decided. Anyway because of our many acquired souveneirs the three and a half kilometer hike down the beach to our hostel was quite a struggle, myself acquiring a couple of blisters. Our bags weigh about 44 kilograms between them. Our pousada was home to a lovely woman ... read more

Hey, we are now in brazil, or we have been for a few days but to lazy to write anything. The flight from lima had a 30 us departure tax, and andrew got all his toiletries thrown out by security and got pissed off about it, haha he is still sore. I was stupid and packed a bottle of grog, classy grog mind you, in my carry on whish was swiftly binned. After geting to rio via sao paulo we checked into che legarto 1 copacobana. since then its been raining, there isnt alot to do in rio in the rain. been to the hippie fair, all you can eat bbqs and cafes. We will still go hangliding when the rain clears up and i will eventualy convince andrew that having chocolate and strawberry pizza for ... read more

So our last night in cusco involved experienceing the delicacies of the street vendors and the local markets. We had meat and one veg on a stick, some kind of fried sausage on a stick, tea made from some type of grass, oil flavoured doughnuts and juice of three mangoes. And our GITs are still intact. We also came across the wholesaler of all the souvenier stores over here. Bought some local Pisco for almost nothing then went to bed to wake up too early for the train. The train ride was largely uneventlful, aguas calientes is a very touristy town, with everyone gauging tourists for money. But its not as ugly as you read about, surrounded by verdant (scrabble word) mountains and has a fast flowing river. We just got back from machu pichu and ... read more