Hola amigos, Here I am in Tumbes, just south of the Eduadorian border, sweltering to death. Spent the last 4 days in Lima staying with an American girl called Holly, who we met in Bolivia. She is working there as a teacher and lives in an extremely rich area. All the houses had big surrounding walls, even bigger mean-looking guard dogs, and big cheery security guards, armed with huge guns - eeek! I know they are there for my protection, but it is still freaky walking down the street and being watched by ten armed men! Being the swankiest area, restaurants were pretty pricey compared to other places, so one night we decided to stay in and cook our host a meal. Big mistake! We went along to the supermarket and bought tonnes of noodles, veggies
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