I´ve wanted to go to Peru for a very long time, probably over half my life, ever since I first discoved the travel writing section in my local library. Now that I´m finally here, my opinion of the place is somewhat mixed to say the least. Yes, the countryside is beautiful and the Incan ruins worth seeing, but having been scammed, hassled and hounded by trinket sellers for the last week, it hasn´t got a hope of knocking Bolivia off the top spot of favourite places visited to date. To get the picture, think more Bali and Sri Lanka than Borneo and consider that fact that we can´t walk from our hostal to meet friends without uttering 'No gracias, I don´t want a postcard/ printed picture/ toy llama/ alpaca jumper/ shoe shine (I´m wearing flip-flops)/ finger
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