I can't believe it! I am going to Satipo tonight! I havn't been able to go because of the weather but now the busses are going. I'm quite unexpectedly going with David's friends secretary tonight. We just found out today that she is going to San Ramon (about 3 hours from Satipo) and that I can go with her on the bus. So I've packed all my stuff and I just need to get a last couple of things like biscuits for the journey and some cash! It's quite an unreal and o...

Hola everyone, It's only my second blog, but I feel I've been here quite awhile! It's my third week in Lima now and I am staying with a family, who has been so kind to let me stay with them as long as I wish. David has gone to the south of Peru to do some work for a mining company and will be back in Lima in 1-3 weeks. I'm hoping he can take me to Satipo when he comes back. The problem with going to Satipo now is that the road to get there has washed away and ...

Buenas tardes! To be honest the picture has got absolutely nothing to do with what I'm doing at the moment! This is my second day in the huge, polluted and busy capital Lima, at a Hotel. It's not the most exciting of places but the plan is that my dad and I go to Satipo Saturday morning. Satipo is described as a "jungle town" and "the center of fruit and coffee production" in Lonely Planet - so quite the contrary to Lima! I'm excited abou...