I thought "oh dear..." when I met my guide at 5.30am Monday morning, and the first thing he asks me is if i know how many days long this trek is and if I have an itinerary... Thankfully we realised this wasn´t because Manuel had no idea what he was doing - he had just got back late from another trek. The trip was very successful... We got picked up and I met the others in my group, a bunch of friends from Chicago (3 boys and 2 girls, two being an enga...

I can´t believe I´m so far behind in my diaries. So much has happened in the last two weeks, I hope i remember to write about the main parts... So the rest of the week at the language school was brilliant. On tuesday night we had our chinese with others from the school, it was really nice. Me, Mika and Fabio were the only ones up for going out for a little bit after. We started in Mythology and enjoyed a great salsa evening. It really is so much fun. Everyone...

¡Hola! I´m so so happy i´m here!!! Having such a good time in Cusco and absolutely loving my language course. Don´t know where to start... Ok, arrived stupidly earlier (6am) in Cusco on Sunday, after by bus ride from Arequipa. Somehow the school still allowed me to check into my student residence accomodation (a cute little house with about 8 rooms). Had a chilled day, had lunch in a local restaurant where the cutest little boy and tiny kitten kept me enter...

Preferred Arequipa to Lima as soon as I stepped off the bus. Was a nice warm sunny day, was less deafening with noise, and seemed to be more quaint. Found my way to my hostel which had a really nice homely feel to it so I was chuffed.Was given a tip that the Santa Catalina Convent was worth a visit from a guy staying at the hostel, so later took an english tour around it. Learnt how the nuns went through stages of training, learnt about how they lived and took so...

Since the sun was out on Thursday (my last day in Lima), i spent the morning on the "beach" getting some rays before grabbing lunch at nice cafe. After updating the blog (and bumping into my brother´s friend... random), went to get my bus to Arequipa. The bus was the poshest, comfiest bus I´ve ever been on, especially since I´d bought a downstairs leather reclining seat. Probably the comfiest chair I´ve ever sat on..! Hehe. Surprisingly, since i had...