apologies for the pequeño delay in the appearance of this blog - harry and i ran away to an internetless little village for a week. an internetless little village which has since been almost completely destroyed by the rain and subsequent floods. when we were there the main bridge, along with its surrounding homes, had already collapsed from the january rain, but since then things have just got worse. we were looking in the newspaper yesterday at photos of the l...

so...an incredibly busy week, starting our spanish classes, meeting new friends, battling dodgy stomachs [blame the pisco sours!] and getting used to the peruvian way of life. basically everything moves slowly here, but that´s just fine. i found classes really difficult at the beginning of the week, and was worried that i´d NEVER get the hang of all the silly pronunciation bits, but thankfully after a week some of it seems to be sticking [though clearly not th...

hola todos! just a quick one to let you know that harriet and i have made it to cusco safely, if slowly. the flight this morning was delayed by four hours, so we have become very well-acquainted with lima airport and all of the plastic delicacies it has to offer. the flight was fairly rough, and we are now feeling very odd indeed with the altitude. still, hopefully nothing the coca tea won´t cure! the school is lovely, and people are very friendly, so no doubt...