love ya lots
xxxxxxx

ok….here we go..

22nd august

spent the last day with erica n jess went into town for the last time on the
combi and had my wallet robbed…gutted….it was my fake one tho..so it
could have been worse..only problem it contained my bus tickets to
cusco..that i needed for that night..but it was kool…neto took me to get
it renewed…
everyone had a good cry..bless us all…patty n juanjose dropped us off at
the bus station at 11 for our bus..we were alone again..

23rd…
-i slepped pretty much the whole way through…had to wait in a cold uncomfy
bus station for 10 hours waiting for our connection bus..after already
having 9 hours on the bus..it just kept draggin on n on..time didnt seem to
move at all..n our bus time ended up getting moved wihtout them telling us
to 2 hours earlier and i had a bit of a spaz because they were going to make
me get onto the bus..when they hadnt changed over our luggage..i got so
frustrated coz i couldnt explain myself well enough in spanish..they just
wernt understandin..this belgium women helped me out..basically i was not
getting on that bus untill i see them take my bag off one bus and put it on
the one i was on…
anyway it got sorted and hour 18 hour bus journey started…which ended up
being 21 hours because of the traffic at pisco..
i wouldnt complain about the comfort of the bus.. we travel with ´cruz del
sur´known for its safety and comfort..
it costs about 26 pounds from huancayo to cusco with one change in
lima..which is about 30 hours travelin..not bad considerin it costs 30 quid
for a minibus to blackpool n back…

we drove through pisco and ica..the places the earthquake hit the most..you
could tell…really didnt wanna see that..made it all feel so real agen..

the bus went up n up…(note to self take a sleeping bag next time..its so
freezin at night travelling through the mountains)

24th…

arrived in cusco…had about an hour in our hotel..enough time for a shower
A HOTT SHOWER may i add he he he it was pure luxery..woooo
really gorgeous building to..just off avenue del sol..(main street of cusco)

our guide picked us up for the city tour..i learnt alot about the city and
its history..about the inca´s n the story of the spanish invading n the
civil war and everything..

cusco is a VERY pretty city..but full of tourists..which i didnt like so
much..it also ment that everything was so much more expensive than
huancayo..also the atmospherew there was very different..my personal
opinion,…i prefere huancayo..

we went around some inca ruins n got back to the hotel in time for tea and
went for a little walk around the center.

25th…
visited a few more ruins this time alot more impressive..
ollantaytambo…chinchero and tambomachay

stopped for cocoa tea..apparently it helps with the altitude..i love the
stuff its really nice..has a watery lemony kind of taste..the altitude didnt
bother me at all.. but it bothered christobel ALOT..

tried alpaca that night in a restaurant in the main square… i kid you not
it tastes exactly like a mcdonalds beef burger!! with the texture of
steak,..

26th

up bright eyed n bushy tailed sunday morning 5am to catch the train upto
águas callentes´(sp)
about 4 hours….it goes right through the sacred vally to..so u get some
great views..
fromt here u get a 20 minute bus upto machu pichu viallge,,and the ruins..

i was totally gobsmacked..the view aorund machu picchu and the ruins
itself..took my breath away…the pictures dont even come close…it was
gorgeous…towering steep mountains all around that plunged into deep
abiss´s and gorges with wiggles of rivers..because it was cloudy and kinda
misty it just made the place look so much more dramatic…even though it
didnt ereally help for pictures..couldnt quite capture it..i couldnt get
over how amazing it looked..im so glad i got to see it..id recommend it to
anyone…i still get chills thinkin back to it..possibly one of the most
amqzing sites my eyes have seen,.,,,

we were knackered by the time we got back to the hotel so we pretty much
went striaght to bed

27th…

the next morning we got briefed about safety and commands of white water
rafting..got into our wet suits life jackets n helmets and spent the rest of
the day in the water..our time leader jose was great with us..
i must admit before i got into the boat i was terrified..i just dont go well
with water im not too sure why it scares me so much..but i didnt want it to
stop my form doing something i wanted to try,,
it was extremly kool..loved every minute..i was quite upset when we had
fnished…id go round n round again..we were a 5ad bit late for our bus back
to liima..got it by the skin of our teeth,,thank god coz i had no back up
plan..

28th….

didnt sleep hardly at all…22 hours of just sat watching the sky..bored of
busses now…finally got to lima jumped in a taxi to scotts..(the hostel we
stayed in our first night) flopped on the bed and then realised there wa
sinternet here..unlimmited internet that i didnt have to pày for..
scot then escorted us to change our last dollars into soles and to the shop
for our tea..he is extremly protective over us..realllyy lovely guy..

n we cookoed our tea…(didnt get scowled at either for boiling water for
once ha ha ha)

i didnt relaise how much spnaihs id poicked up until we were with
scott…coz he speaks no english..and the only way for him to really
understand us or communicate is for me to speak spnaish (coz tink cant) i
feel comfortable and safe here at scotts…

i wa sjust so tired from not having sleep the last night..that we were
tucked up in bed by half 6…
9 o clock there was a knock at the door..i woke up like a zombee crawling to
the door practicly..
tink wispered who is it….i heard in a cheery familier voice…´heya
sweetys´
i opened thedoor and there was this mass of just girly screams and hugs….
it was erica n jess he he he
we stayed uup quite late just talking..ordered pizza to ha ha ha..just made
me smile having them back with us…i steyed up into the early hours just
tlaking n singin with erica..

29th
woke up pretty damn late…showered n told scott we fancied goin to the
beach..
the same beach as last time..miraflora..
he got us a taxi…(a friend of his) and explained very carefully to him to
make sure he looked after us n we got there safely and not to overcharge
us..
i got really bad gids at the beach coz we found a starbucks he he he he
we just chilled for the intier day untill erica n jess had to leave or their
flights..
came back to scot got a bit of laundry done and then started to sort my
stuff into my rucksack..

tommorows my last day…

love u all so much..missin u loads…take care xxxxxxx

i just keep comin on to let u know im safe n ok n stuf…il have a lot more time on tuesday n wednesday when im back in lima..iv emailed scott n hes keepin a room free for us at the hostel..

thansk for the eclipse times

went to machu pichhu today OMMGGGGG IT WAS AMAZING….mum u have to come back here with me its so ur kinda place…all like dramatic mountain scenes ha ha ha

white water raftin tomoz…eeekkk…n then 21 hour bus back to lima

starting to miss home alot now..its bin a long time..but not long now…

love u soooo much…

take care…next time il email will prob be tuesday night

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx btw…i ate alpaca

goin machu pichu tomoz..have to be up at five he he he…im excited..
river raftin on monday then i go back to lima…hopefully will speak to u soon
love u xxxxx

startin my travellin to go to machu pichu…

so the bus leaves here tonight at 11 (this is all peruvian time btw) we get to lima at 7 o clock tomorow mornin…the 23rd..then we wait till half 3…to get the bus to cusco..we arrive in cusgo 18 hours later…..*just llooks at u*

then this guy called jo i think..one of neto´s friends…is picking us up..hes with ´peruvian tours´

we spend the next 3 days dotting about cusco…3 star hotel apparently with hott water *gets giddy* then on the monday….we go to machu pichu..monday night we travel back to lima…

stay over at scotts for the night..and then come home.

i dont know quite when i will get to a pc next…

we went out last night for our last night..was really really good i so enjoyed it…another game f todito ha ha ….didnt get home till about 2 in the mornin…

speak soooooooooon… love u all…

xxxx

k8ms xxxxx

thanx 4 all the updates m8.
it means a lot to the family.

love ya lots ya looney toon
xxxx

went to help out with an english lesson at elizabeth school

then dressed our selves up in army style n went on a mish..had code names n everythin

fluffy llama cat — tink — the brains

midnight pantha — kate — the stealth

cat women — jess — the seductrice

dirty persian — erica — the muscle

saturday……

woke up bright and early got picked up by neto and elizabeth to go quadbiking…VERY FUN jess challenged me to a race…acting rather cocky about it…and drove like a granny.. was proper goin for t over these bumps…she was sourntering behind..mint few hours..i well enjoyed it..

then we went horseriding ha ha iv never been horseriding before..geeeezzzz learnt how to controll it quite quickly..it was proper hard at first to balance..my horse was called picasso…we went through a gorgeous vally..and to this weird rock formation..through rivers…n i got the horse to trot..i was soo proud..

tinks horse just pulled her through bushes n stuff it was sooo funny.. id ont think she enjoyed it verymuch at all

hçjust at the end we were baout to go through this river..and i didnt get the time to hold onto my saddle..the horse had to jump down the bank which thrust me forward…n i nearly fell off..i was just hanging onto its neck as it tranched through thi river..ha ha ha ooooo lustig..jess nearly fell off her horse through laughing.. after that we went to a festival..and went on a peruvian ferris wheel..that thing couldnt have passed safety inspections..i was sooo damn fast..!!!!!

then we chilled at the plaza like normal..(center of huancayo)

look up….huancayo plaza constitution on google images.. ull see a long pool of water with a tall fountain..not the little round fountains..right on those steps is where we always sit…always a gigglr…

that night there was no one upstairs in the volounter residence..so me jess erica n tink had a little girly night that turned into a party…played todito and made ballon people.. we had rolls of velcrow n wrapped it all over erica..h ha ha she jumped at the wall n nearly knocked herself out..

sunday… woke up and went to the sunday market..its soooooooooooooooo big

took us nearly 4 hours to get around it..bought a really corny hat one of those skiing ones with bobbles that hang by ur ears n a really long bit at the back whyy? i have no idea coz theres no bleedin snow here…

monday..skipped work to buy my guitar..its mnt!!!!! i lov it..crammed as much as we could into that day..n erica n jess slept over..

coz we found out we might be leaving on wednesday to cusco to go to machu pichu..quite short notice i know n it came as a shock..n we all got a bit upset coz we were leaving..n we dnt really ownt to yet..so we had a reminicent night…

so im leetin u know that i might be leaving huancayo tomorow night for cusco…il find out for deff this evening..and ill let u know the times n everythin so u know where i am…we should be back in lima for 29th…to catch our lfight on the 30th…

so i wont be on the net till next week sometimes…

but yeah il let u know tomorow morning…

love u all… mis u

o ps..HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAMIE!!!

k8 x x x