So I'm lying on my nice white sheets in the Russafa hostel chilling out waiting for the breeze to come and shift the heat. It's 7pm and it's still over 30… perfect weather for summer! (Apparently it will get down to 20's later tonight…) So, I somehow managed to make it to Barcelona and so did my luggage (unlike poor Maria and Kathy, my new travel companions from NY). Getting out of the airport was a warm slap in the face of hot air… it was so great after n...

Yesterday was the last day in South America and as expected it was a very sad one… the day before we'd said goodbye to Andrew, Alex and Fi who have all hopefully made it home safe and sound. Kirby and Matt have set off for Mancora (still in Peru) and I'm now sitting at Madrid airport… This entry is going to be a bit different so let's start off with things I learned in South America, before getting to the thankyou's and then getting to the next part of the jo...

Yesterday was the last day in South America and as expected it was a very sad one… the day before we'd said goodbye to Andrew, Alex and Fi who have all hopefully made it home safe and sound. Kirby and Matt have set off for Mancora (still in Peru) and I'm now sitting at Madrid airport… This entry is going to be a bit different so let's start off with things I learned in South America, before getting to the thankyou's and then getting to the next part of the jo...

So, after the Amazon, Cuzco was much the same… lots of relaxing and chilling out, a few massages and meeting really cool people at the hostel! Liv and Freddy reappeared, and we hung out with Ronnie and Charlie (two LOVELY Brit chicks) too… was really great to meet so many lovely people there, and to chill out… after one massive night for me, the next day was spent hung over watching The OC in the TV room, and trying to convince myself to get out of my sleep...

OMG, so it´s been so LONG since I wrote my last blog, so I hope you´re prepared for a really long one...If you can really be bothered I´ve included all the Cuzco stuff which isn´t really that great, or you can skip down to the **** for the Amazon stuff! Last time I wrote I´d just managed to fall down a flight of stairs and lose my sleeping bag over the side of a boat in Copacobana... Thankfully I have no more serious losses or injuries to report... the dry ...