Hello all. Tuesday 25th at 5.30pm here in the afternoon. I'm settling in well, the girls in the house have made me really welcome and part of the group...even if I am the oldest by a fair few years! Thought I'd let you see where I'm staying, its the PoD House on Playa San Blas, a straight walk up the hill from the main square aka heart attack hill! I'm acclimatising well albeit have major breathing problems when I'm lying in bed (feels like I'm having a heart at...

Hi everyone from a very warm Cusco. A rather eventful journey so sit back and I'll explain...Flew Saturday morning and my fellow pasenger ie sat next to me turned out to be Nigel, a security guard from Gatwick Airport. We had a right giggle, we chatted virtually the whole flight. Nice guy, but there was just the one issue...he was an avid bird watcher and was coming over to Lima for a bird watching holiday! Nigel, if you're reading this I'd like to thank you for...

Hi guys - Well here I am in my first week not working! Its rather nice, athough I've still got so much to do there was definitely no lie in for me today! Saturday was my leaving party at Ole. Thanks girls (+ 2 token guys) for coming along and celebrating with me. It was a fab night, from what I remember! Hope you all had a great time too. The evening saw only 2 casualties...one individual (not naming names) got her foot stuck in a hole in the pavement and fell ...