"You see those squiggles...?" Another bright and sunny day, and we sent off in a taxi by our tour director/random bloke in the hostel who only had half a foot for a bus bound for Nazca. Caroline was feeling pretty rough and suspected food poisoning at the hands of the restuarnt next door to our hostel, so what better way to compound this by sending her up in a four-seater plane! The Nazca Lines are mysterious ancient 'drawings' in the earth which can...

Sand Everywhere, And We Mean Everywhere! We think we had our first rip-off experience at breakfast this morning, how thrilling - not! Seems like we ordered off one menu and when it came to paying the bill, we were overcharged and then shown a different menu. We were both sure our meals were s.6.50 each, but apparently they were s.8.50. Hmm, the difference amounted to about 65p, but it's the principle dagnammit! We were only cheered up when a man offered us some...

And They're Off! Our first few days have been spent in the capital of Peru, Lima. Getting here was a piece of cake with a connection in Bogota that was so quick it would put Richard Branson to shame! We were both very excited to see our bags come off the carousel, so much so that we immediately agreed to a pricey shuttle bus to take us to our hostel in Miraflores. Ah, so naive... Our hostel room is pretty basic but cheerful enough. The one thing that'll be dif...