Well since we last posted we've done a fair bit. From Aruiquipa we travelled to the Colca Canyon for a couple of days to go Condor spotting. The place we stayed at was very nice, it was almost like a safari lodge with an open fire place next to the restaurant for the cold evenings. We saw a couple of Condors and on the way there lots of Llamas and Alpaca's. The whole place is a giant nature reserve. Next place for us to visit was Cusco which is the last maj...

Well the flight over the Nasca lines was definatly an experience, and not only for the views of the fantastic markings! We went up in a 5 seater small aircraft and it wasn't for the faint of heart as the thermals rising off the plains made for a very bumpy ride! We wouldn't have missed it for the world though (although Ann was looking decidedly green afterwards) as the whole thng was amazing. The flight was around 30-40mins and it gave great views of all the a...

Having left Lima we headed to Pisco which is famous for its white grape brandy drink ingeniously called Pisco. Apparently theres some dispute between Peru and Chile as to its origins but i've only heard the Peruvian side so couldn't tell you who is right. It doesn't taste particularly nice so we won't be trying it again. Apart from a tour around a Pisco distillery the main reason most people stop here is for the Bellestos Islands. They are referred to as a...

Hello! After a very long journey we finally made it to Lima in Peru. After a few plane delays it took us door to door about 29 hours to get here. Our first impressions of Lima on leaving the airport was that its a giant taxi rank as 70% of the cars we saw were taxi´s. As you would expect from a)any taxi driver b) a taxi driver from a foreign country is that they´re all mad. To them red lights don´t always mean stop and lane markings and zebra crossings ar...