Hum well...what can I say? I am coming to the end of my adventure and I would have to say it has been a proper mix of emotions some of the good some of them bad. We were told that it was going to be like this but it is only when you are on the ground that you appreciate it.

I am still a bit homesick I think - but I am doing good. got five days off and I am going on a train ride to a place called Huanayco, it is a train that goes over the Andes and is the highest in S.America so I can't wait.

Hey peoples, I have just got back from a weekend in Lima - this has been the first time that we have been given a full weekend off and time to do stuff outside of Las Flores.

I am loving peru and the majority of the people are warm and friendly. There is, unfortunately, a lot of poverty as well and desperate people do desperate things and most Peruvians even though they don't have a lot, care about each other and most of them are very angry when tourists are a target for crime because it makes them look bad.

Cooking chilli con carni and pancakes today as part of the workshops that we have four nights a week, we had a brainstorm over what would most effectively represent the cusine of Britain and opted for a Mexican dish and pancakes - go figure. Shepherds pie would probably have been a lot better but we don't have an oven and most popular British dishes require an oven and two hours cooking. We could always use the classic phrase 'here's one I made earlier' and whip a full roast out in front of an amazed and no doubt impressed group of Peruvian women.

Hi there peoples! Where to begin???

life in Peru is pretty hectic we spent the first three days in lima and were staying in a hostal I think a lot of people were glad to leave so that we could actually begin to do what we came out for which was to live and work in the community.