Nazca

Well last night we went for a chinese and for the first time we had a food poising meal - at least I think that's what it was because at about 3 this morning I was sick. This followed a sleepless night as the sign outside our bedroom is on until 2am and shines into the room - Will woke up at 1am and thought it was morning because the room was so bright! There was also a party going on over the road so we had to listen to that, nightmare!

So today me and Will were both really tired, Sam of course slept through everything and only woke himself up at about 7am when he did the loudest imaginable fart! We had lots of things to do today but found out that it's the festival de muerto today (the festival of death - where people visit the cemetry - nice). This meant that all the shops were closed, we did find a department store which was open and had fun wandering around there looking at the xmas decorations etc.

We walked back from the centre along the seafront and stopped along the way so that Will and Sam could do the monkey bars, we watched the parasailers jumping of the cliffs and then we sat in the skate park and watched the skaters, BMX and roller bladers which was alot more fun than it sounds.

When we got home we tried to book tickets on the Cruz Del Sur bus for Nazca for tomorrow, we had two options. A bus which left at 3am (no way) or one which left at 2pm and got in at 9pm. We opted for the second but when I tried to book it in broken Spanglish we realised that they couldn't take the credit card. There were only 4 seats left on the bus so we had to quickly jump into a taxi and shoot to the bus station and reserve the space. The bus is a double decker and we have fully reclining bed seats, there is also dinner, films and bingo! Sam is very excited! Having booked this we needed accommodation (this is the bit I dread) but we found a brilliant place in Nazca called the Casa Hacienda Nazca Oasis and they agreed to drop the rate from $85 to $50 per night including breakfast and free pick up from the station... Hooray! So we are now doing maths with Sam in the bedroom and about to watch Harry Potter on the ipod. Will has agreed to watch the film and Sam thinks that Will watching Harry Potter is as exciting as Xmas!

Here's a lovely picture of Sam, it was taken just as we arrived in Ollanty and he saw the Andes mountains for the first time - I think his face says it all.