Oh, I'm completely rubbish.
Barely have I moved into my new flat than I'm going on holiday. Which isn't rubbish in itself, but I haven't even unpacked yet and my room is a tip and I'm so behind on my emails. Hopefully I'll catch some kind of bug whilst I'm there and have to spend days at home when I get back which'll give me a chance to clear some of the backlog.
In the meantime, I'm rubbish! But I'm probably on a beach as you read this so I might not be too bothered ;)
A small selection of photos from my holiday can be found here. If anyone is particularly interested in anything I have a ton more, plus sounds and videos.
Toodlepip!
So, I am now back in the UK after my crazy adventures in South America (link to photos as soon as I can process them, I've got almost 2000).
I wanted to write a quick entry here (whilst I am stuck at home with undisclosed South American bug which has caused me to lose over a stone in weight - woohoo!) due to some shenanigans on holiday.
You see, I spent 8 days on a boat touring the Galapagos islands. Which was amazing, what with the sealions and the sharks and turtles and iguanas and all but pah! This is not a blog about endemic species, no. On boarding our wonderful vessel, called the Spondylus, this is what I saw. The conclusion was really inevitable...
So after one particularly boozy night in a Galapageon (is that even a word?) nightclub where the choice of drink was either beer or bacardi (classy joint), this, this and this happened. Quite how I managed all that without injuring myself I have no idea. Unfortunately one of my traveling companions did not come off quite so easy and ended up with some fantastic bruises on her inner thigh. Alas, no photos of those. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to eat more hob nobs.
It would seem I have become addicted to Inca Kola. It´s so good. The above title is how our guide, Ralph described the taste to me when I asked. Alas, they don´t sell it in Ecuador so I´ll be going cold turkey next week.
In other news, I seem to have just spent 2 days at Machu Picchu. This morning I was there at dawn to watch the sunrise, and by coincidence it was also the winter solstice. Which was nice.
Forget that, where is my question mark key. crazy peruvian keyboard.
I am in the andes, burning my skin in under a minute in the sun but freezing cold in the shade.
Wrgon! I like eating yukka, tomorrow I am going to try some llama I think. Hehehehe.
Also, I forgot to say about everything exploding. The pressure difference between Cusco and Lima means that any liquid in a bottle explodes upon opening (if it ´hasn´t already). Hahaha, there´s sun lotion and shower gel everywhere! Hehehehe!