Had an absolutely amazing time in Lima. We arrived and our hostel, Hotel España, was full of Greek style statues - very random. We had a lovely wander around the old town as our hostel was really near the Plaza de Armas, then had dinner of chicharones - breaded fish. Then went out and drank too much beer and pisco sour. Over the next couple of days we spent a lot of time wandering around Lima, we also took a bus up to San Cristabelle to get an overview of the c...

Arrived in Huaraz after an absolutely hideous night bus journey - i have decided that i never want to travel on one again. Huaraz is a really nice city up in the Andes. We spent a couple of days preparing for our trek and project, then set off. On our first evening camping we went to visit some ruins. the temperature was pleasant, and I remember thinking that the trek wouldnt be so bad. We set off the next morning and had an hour of nice flat trekking before our...

Got a bus to Trujillo where we got a taxi to Huanchaco, which got lost. Got there and had a really nice cheap meal of pasta and garlic bread. The next day we saw our first ruins - Chan Chan, the biggest pre hispanic mud city in the world. I have to say that I was not overly impressed - it was quite interesting and worth seeing, but once you had seen a bit of it youd seen it all. We then went on to the pyramids of the moon and sun. only the moon had been excavated...

Got up at 4 O´clock on Sunday to catch the bus. A significant proportion of our group were drunk, and some refused to get up. After a 14 hour bus journey crossing the border, on which i did not have to bribe any officials because of lack of papers as I thought I might, we arrived in Mancora. Our was right on the beach with beds and an ensuite shower room, so it seemed like absolute luxury at first. That was until we looked around and realised that ours was actua...