Blogs from Peru, South America - page 1151

Mon 7th Nov. Can´t begin to describe the sights from the bus on the way to Cusco, just so very different from anywhere else. Wide dirt tracks for side roads and tons of people, tck tcks, etc. A bit of a panic when Jim and others got off the bus to buy some water and it took off without them, but it did turn round eventually. No surprise when the bus broke down (Ormeño Company NOT recommended) and we arrived at Cusco at midnight. Everywhere was closed, hotel not very good so first impressions were guarded. Tues. Found a lovely hotel with 2 balconies overlooking guess whet, so we´re back on track again. Beautiful city, narrow cobbled streets, surrounded by mountains, good cheap meals and good wine at 2.50 a bottle. Recommended restaurant - Inkaria, at ... read more

Hi Folks, Just me again with my daily updates!! Thanks for the comments and the messages - much appreciated!! Mum - so proud that you´ve mastered e-mail and the blog. Told you that you could if you really wanted to!! Was at WW as usual this morning. First thing I noticed was that the majority of the kids still had their heights and weights written on their arms after yesterday. Apart from that there were no other obvious signs that they had been affected by the experience!! Had taken chalk with me today, and we played hopscotch again. Have attched some photos of Ernesto and Andrea playing. They were the only two (the two eldest) who mastered the hopping technique. They really enjoyed it. After that we became creative!! The exterior of Julia´s house is white ... read more

Hello all, Thinking about all my friends in Church today and especially Girls Brigade. It´s the Armistice service in Church. Hope that we had a good turnout from the girls, that they behaved, and that it wasn´t too cold at the service at the Cenotaph. It´s a beautirful day here today. I spent most of the morning on the roof reading and relaxing. Have been trying to find out where the Methodist Church is in Ayacucho, but no one sems to know. As a last shot, there is a religious stall in the market. I´m going to take the name of the Church down there and see if they can point me in the right direction. My roommate Caroline woke me up just around 8am this morning to tell me that she´d had a shower and ... read more

Hi Folks, As I said in yesterday´s blog, I had the most amazing sleep!! Woke up feeling reallay refreshed and raring to go at Wawa Wasi. Still struggling with my horrible cold, but hope to get shot of that at the weekend!! We had our full compliment of ninos again at WW. Started off playing with the toys again, and then had a lovely surprise just before they had their milk. We received a big soft chute and steps for kids in bright primary colours. Apparently it´s doing the rounds of the WWs and they each have it for three days!! The kids thought it was Christmas and went wild!! Photos attached will show just how much they enjoyed it. Tried to teach them how to line up and give everyone a shot one at a ... read more

The main thing the tourists do here in Arequipa is go to Colca caynon to see the Condors - so I went to Cotahasi. Cotahuasi is the deepest caynon in the world, and bigger than the Grand Caynon in the States. It is about 12 hours in a bus, twice the distance to Colca caynon, and for that reason a whole lot less visited. And after blowing my spare change on climbing Misti, I decieded a few days free camping was in order. I didn´t really know where I was going, I just thought I would follow the river down through the caynon, and if I couldn´t find any easy way out after a few days I would simply turn around and hike back out. I arrived in Cotahuasi at about 2am and slept in the ... read more