Another one bites the dust...

Yet another camera has died on me! Luckily the photos are all still there, will post them soon.

Back in Cusco

Made it all the way back to Cusco in record time. Talking to the taxi driver on the way to the hostel it sounds like they felt the earthquake quite strongly here - lots of buildings swaying, but no damage.

Sadly from the sounds of things Huachachina, the oasis just outside of Ica - place of sandboarding and dune buggying, has suffered some quite heavy damage and quite a bit of Ica has been flattened.

Anyway, back to Cusco - I'd forgotten what the altitude was like. I feel terrible, hopefully it will only take a couple of days to get acclimatised.

Back to Peru

It's been a mad dash back down from French Guiana into Brazil and back into Peru - including one slightly unscheduled stop where I accidentally got off the plane at the wrong airport....

Back in Peru tonight and then in Cusco again to get ready for trekking Macu Pichu.

Hopefully there is not too much earthquake damage. Though sadly it sounds like a few places like Pisco and Ica have been hit quite badly.

Brazil has been a very nice place, the people have been fantastically friendly and I'm looking forward to coming back and spending a bit of time here. May have to learn some Portuguese though.

Will post photos of the past few days and blog entries another time.

Stuck in French Guiana

It's a public holiday. Everything is shut. I'm trapped and I can't get out!

French Guiana

What can I say? It's just like being in France.

Picked up my invite to see the rocket being launched and aparrently missed the oportunity to have lunch. Now everything is closed until 4pm. Oh, and it's a Monday, apparently everything is shut on a monday. What a crazy place.