Hallo there!! Has been another busy week (although my passion for staying up late drinking has somewhat dwindled!). I'm reaching the end of my long stay in Peru, with the prospect of returning to the real world looming in just two weeks!! Anyway this is whatI've been up to in the last week and a bit: On Saturday I returned for another half day working at Guillermo's house, continuing the week's work of jackhammering away at the foundations to make way for new fo...

Hello there!! Sorry It's been a while, been busy etc... Anyway I'll see how much I can remember of the last ten days. After writing my last blog on Tuesday I got reacquainted with my room, unpacked and got my laundry done. After getting dinner I headed over to the football pitch for our weekly game of football with the tour guides. We won again making it three in a row that I've played in. Still feeling tired from the previous week's trekkiing, I soon afterwards...

Hello and welcome to an extra special edition of my blog; the one where I'm not in Pisco!!! I've just come back from doing the Inka Jungle Trail to Machu Picchu and I'm now covered in insect bites despite covering myself in insect repellent! Wacky-China!!!!After finishing off my last blog I packed my bags, then after a couple of hours waiting around I set off for my fourth Huacachina trip during my stay. A bus journey and a couple of taxi rides later I was in th...

Hello there and welcome to part 14 of my blog! I'm doing this blog today as part of the "write a blog for PSF" project that I signed up for in lieu of...you know... working!! Hence why this one's a bumper issue in extra detail! So this will be up on the swanky new Pisco Sin Fronteras website. A week in the life of a PSF volunteer!On Saturday morning I got up at about 8am, stumbled to the yard for breakfast, then sat down for the morning meeting. A typi...

Hello there, sorry it's been a while since my last blog, has been another rollercoaster week! Let's see if I can remember what's been happening over the last week and a bit!! The projects that I have been leading are still on hold, so I've been hopping from one project to another again this week. Back to Aceros ArequipaOn Wednesday I returned to Aceros Arequipa, the big steel mill to collect wood to be made into panels for the modular housing project. We hopped ...