Hi We stayed longer in arequipa than inteneded. partly to get andy well again and also because of strikes! it wasa chaos, all th teachers were marching about and we had to leave at 3 in th morning to th canyon to escape some of th blockades. Coming out we manged to meet 9 other travellers wh owere getting a minibus together to sneak out at night. we were all bit nervous got to th first blockade which had fire across th road. after some negoiating and a bribe of...

Were in arequipa now. Its very high and is a popular place for trekking. Were hopefully visiting a canyon tomoro, where you can see lots of condors flying about. and lots of llamas too! but andy isnt very well so see how it goes. we are going to a huge monastary later that was only recently opened to the public. people are very religious here, and they also like trying to scam tourists for an extra sole here and there if they can! Huachachina was gorgeous, an oa...

Hello all losing track of when i last wrote, but think i told you all about the jungle in that email i sent. from there we soaked in hot baths surrounded by mountains in tena. went quadbiking which was fun, then real biking which i found pretty tough! but was ok the scenery made up for it! went from banos to the coast, the weather was bit dodgey but managed to get out on th beach one day, and went whale watching. we saw loads was exciting waitng for them to em...