Yesterday I arrived at the Kamana hotel in downtown Lima to begin my trip. I was met by the guy who I was to share a room with, Peter, an older Australian guy. I spent the afternoon pretty much napping while waiting for everyone to arrive. In the evening we had a briefing of what we would be doing on the trip and after a couple of beers we all headed out for dinner. For some reason our hotel was more than happy to serve us alcohol, even though a dry ban is in pla...

So last night we all went out for a farewell meal as I was leaving today. It was good to spend one last meal with all the friends I have made over the past month, and everyone is very kind and helpful with ideas of places to visit and well wishes. Following this we all decided to go to a local club for one last night out. To get there I ended up sitting in the back of a pickup truck. Doing so at a minimum of 3000 feet made it one pretty cold trip but fun all ...

As people have asked me to keep them informed of my trip I thought I would set up a blog which I can update on my travels so here it is. It all started with an emotional farewell at Newcastle central station where I got on a London-bound train to get to the airport, where I stayed overnight before starting on the long flights here to Lima. it took me around 24 hours in total since leaving the heathrow hotel before Arriving here in Lima, Peru. At the minute I am...