First post from the land of Peru

Sorry for a few days with no updates. The time has been spent working (until the last moment, literally), packing and flying around the world expecting to meet myself coming the other way.

Here´s a summary of how the next 3 weeks will be spent: (In addition to searching for internet access and cursing spanish keyboards with bloody symbols in all the wrong places...)

Day 1, 25/2/07 – Begin Lima (Peru)
Day 2, 26/2/07 – Drive to Pisco, L
Day 3, 27/2/07 – Ballestas Islands, Nazca, L
Day 4, 28/2/07 – Nazca flight, PuertoInca, L
Day 5, 1/3/07 – Drive to Arequipa, L
Day 6, 2/3/07 – Arequipa
Day 7, 3/3/07 – Drive to Colca Canyon, stay Chivay, L
Day 8, 4/3/07 – Drive to Cuzco, L
Day 9, 5/3/07 – Cuzco
Day 10, 6/3/07 – Cuzco
Day 11, 7/3/07 – Cuzco
Day 12, 8/3/07 – Sacred Valley, Pisac, overnight Ollantaytambo
Day 13, 9/3/07 – Inca Trail trek, LD
Day 14, 10/3/07 – Inca Trail trek, BLD
Day 15, 11/3/07 – Inca Trail trek, BLD
Day 16, 12/3/07 – Machu Picchu, train to Cuzco, B
Day 17, 13/3/07 – Puno via Sillustani Ruins, L
Day 18, 14/3/07 – Amantaní Island, LD
Day 19, 15/3/07 – Boat via Taquile back to Puno, B
Day 20, 16/3/07 – Drive via Tiahuanaco to La Paz (Bolivia), L
Day 21, 17/3/07 - Finish La Paz
B=Breakfast included
L=Lunch included
D=Dinner included
• Accommodation: 16 nights in hotels, 3 nights camping on the Inca Trail1 night with local Indians (very basic)

Sounds pretty cool eh? And of course we allowed a day or two on each end of the tour to explore the starting and ending cities.

So far we´ve been here 24 hours, excluding all flights and transits and I´ve managed to get in trouble with LA airport security, annoy my travelling companinions with my ability to sleep anywhere and total lack of jetlag, and explore Lima relatively well.

This morning I was up about 5am and watching the locals go about their business. Everyone is either a cleaner or security person it would seem. Every building has a doorman and it´s own street cleaner. It´s extremely poor and we´ve only seen 3 other white people, including the people staying in the hotel.

More later folks, be good.