Day 3 - Seals, dolphins, penguins and a few million birds on the Ballestas Islands! An early start saw us travelling for an hour back down the coast heading for a small fishing village where boats then whisk you round the Ballestas (meaning 'arches' in Spanish) Islands, a National Reserve famous for their dolphins, seals, penguins, sea lions and an array of over 4 million sea birds! The land again on route consisted of dry mountain sand dunes and the occasional s...

Day 2 - Down the coast to the vast sand dunes of Huacachina and crazy dune buggying n boarding! After an early breakfast we bundled the bags into our min van then headed for the local bus station! A slight fear on my part as to what lay ahead but thankfully we had allocated seats and the windows opened so I was happy!! Heading out of Lima was a sad sight to say the least, the poverty within Peru was worse than we expected and as we headed following the coast, the...

SOUTH AMERICA - OUR LAST CONTINENT!!! Destination 16 - Peru & and the arrival of mum and Ian! That morning after our last slop of refried beans and 4 hour earlier than most arrival at the airport we checked into our Taca plane, only a small plane but I got front seats, phew! Valiumed up we had a good flight, Ads got lots of free beer so that's always a good sign and as we flew towards Peru the sunset was just amazing it was as if hot red lava was floating in ...

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Day 8 - The stunning Lake Atitlan, named the 'most beautiful lake in the world!' Again an hour late our taxi finally appeared and we were on our way, winding our way back down into the valley floor then up again and round and round. More stunning scenery and lush green plantations, kids on the school run and tin shacks hidden within the mountainsides. On nearing the descent to the lake we passed through a small town called Solola and literally got stuck there as ...