Well, Peru is a hard place to plan travel in. Yesterday was supposed to be straightforward but everything conspired against us. So I’m not on the planned bus at all (it suddenly filled up – seems everyone is travelling for Easter week) and Katy’s flight is in limbo. LAN seem very professional on the phone, but can’t seem to handle a straightforward credit card transaction. We’re trying again, but they don’t sound encouraging. They want her to travel to Lima today (it’s 5 hours away) to buy the ticket in person. Grrrrrrrrr…
On the plus side, we had an early morning boat ride out to the Ballestas Islands and saw enormous quantities of seabirds (really – you couldn’t see the ground for nesting birds in some places) and penguins, plus sealions – all accompanied by the overwhelming whiff of guano. This is the fertiliser capital of Peru. Very bracing.