On the road again...

Buenos Tardes my little guinea pigs, I´m writing to you from (what I suspect to be) one of Peru´s least impressive towns - Pisco. It is the home of the Pisco Sour (what they think is a world famous drink, but in reality is only famous in this great country). Anyway, to fill you all in on the latest.

Well, Thursday I went for a tour of the Lima Catacombes. Much like all the other catacombes I´ve been to (yes, I´m a morbid chick)... ie. lots of bones. Thinking I might write this one off as a tax deduction given my current line of work. Also hit a few local restaurants and then headed out of Lima to the beachside town of Miraflores. This is like the Venice Beach of Peru. It seems that the pure bred cousins of all the mongrel dogs with fleas from downtown Lima live out in Miraflores. Went to a fancy restaurant out on a pier, where the waiters decided to try and rob us of 8 sol. But we would not be beaten! We stood our ground and got our 8 sol ($3.50) back - cheap tourists.

Got sick on the weekend, so had to pass on my trip to the bullfighting. Having seen photos, I´m glad I didn´t go. Vicious stuff that bullfighting!

I am now on a tour (3 weeks...eeek!) for the rest of Peru and Bolivia before being let loose on my own in Argentina and Chile. We met our guide yesterday... a genuine, fair dinkum local peruvian... who's first name is... wait for it... it's a classic.... FRITZ! Our driver´s name is Bananaman. God knows why and they don´t speak great english to tell us. Now, Fritz likes music while we travel... and he likes it loud. Now, we all know that I´m a massive music fan... but I almost died when he struck up the CD player this morning (day 1 of the tour!) Wait for it... out came an entire album worth of Boney M!!!! You´d love it Mum. After we´d sat through every Boney M song known to man, out came a new CD. We waited with baited breath and then......... A Very Boney Christmas (I may or may not have made that title up) but essentially it was Boney M does Xmas carols. My little heart broke at about the same point my ears closed up. We then asked what else he had... AND out came Roxette!! The look on our faces must have said it all... so it came off... and on came Bryan Adams - The Best Of. I just can´t wait until tomorrows tunes.

Today we did a cruise of the Ballestas Islands (birds and sea lions and serious waves). Now, I´m fairly good with over the top swells in boats (dad will back me up here), but schmokes. These guys only new one speed - seriousy flippin fast. Unfortunately, with swell that big and no roof on the boat... we copped a hiding on the way out. Fortunately, our quick thinking peruvian friends had a plan. Out came a tarp. Everyone had to hold on to a corner of the tarp and alas, we had a roof! We also had some serious petrol fumes keeping us company under the tarp. They told us to look out the back of the boat for dolphins. I think they were just trying to divert our attention from the now almost capsized boat.

Tomorrow, I´m heading out Nazca Lines and Huachachina Oasis for some sandboarding and dune buggying. Should be fun. Not sure when I´ll be able to check in again.