Peru
I arrived in Peru two days ago on the night bus accompanied by the motley crew from the hostel in Vilcabamba. When we got to Puira some of us decided to continue on to Trujillo making our journey an epic 20 hours in total. The landscape we passed along the way was very different from what I saw in Ecuador. It was all desert and abandoned buildings, it reminded me of some sort of post-apocalyptic scene. I'm staying in Huanchaco, a small fishing village near Trujillo, they have great seafood here and really big surf. Yesterday I went on a culture day to see all the pre inca ruins in the area, some of them are pretty spectacular especially the temple of the moon and the city of Chan chan. They are made of this adobe clay stuff and the Chan chan place reminded me of the village in Starwars that Anakin Skywalker is from.

I have just spent the most glorious couple of days relaxing in Vilcabamba, I stayed in Las Ruinas de Quierna, thanks for the recomendation Aitch, it was more like a luxury hotel than a hostel. There was a Jacoozi, Sauna, steam room, pool and a big slap up meal in the evenings all included for $9 not to mention that the rooms all had a tv in them. Today I went on a four hour ride out around the mountains, the horses were really good and healthy and we were galloping around like a gang of cowboys and indians. It was great but my legs feel so sore now and I´m not looking forward to the 10 hour nighbus I´m about to take into Peru.