Had to say bye the the children and the other volunteers, lots of long, strong hugs. Hugo who has been teaching me Spanish also came to see me off. Had a little tear in the taxi. Arrived at the airport to check my bag in.....they stole my nailvarnish remover. Then was introduced to a plain clothed police officer and had to go to a side room where there were handcuffs on the table...it was a bit scary. They basically unpacked my bag and then threw everything (...

Last day in Cuzco! Went with delfina (one of the ladies who works here) to the local cake shop where I brought a cake for the girls. Went back and basically just played with the girls for the day and then they danced for me and jess because we are leaving, made me so sad to leAve them.....in return we danced for them and did the time warp! Was so funny. Jess and I had got Remigia and Delfina alpaca jumpers, Remigia was thrilled and put it in straight away and...

So getting ready to leave now for my flight on Saturday. Ollie has arrived safely in Auckland so that's good news. Realised I had so much to do before I go, presents to buy for the people here etc. Been so busy not even visited the cathedral yet! Great fun last night dancing with the kids....hard work though! Hung out with the children and had a Spanish lesson then went into town, went to the cathedral which was so amazing, had one of those virtual headphon...

So Nice to be back here with the kids!! I had to say grace at lunch again today but this time in English and then I´ve got to do in spanish tomorrow! Basically hungout with the kids, they wanted to watch this Korean film which was about a woman who ran out her step sister and then the brother donated his eyes to her after she went blind....not exactly a classic children´s film but they love it! We took some pictures for Claire´s birthday so that I could emai...

Early start . . .had to be at bus station for 8.30 to collect our tickets and fill out immigration docs to get back into Peru . . . .just as well I actually left the country as for some reason only got a visa for 30days instead of 90 so it would actually run out tomorrow! I wish the bus was a nice as the pic (I got that from google) However travelling during the day was so much better than at night, at least lots of nice veiws outta the window. Got back at 7;30...