The road to Huaraz

So, here is my blog, which I have to say is not quite the same thing as scribbling pensively into my diary on a roof-top terrace, sipping mate tea, with the occasional glance up at the pink snow-capped mountains and a satisfied, inward sigh. Rather, the glare of the computer screen and HTML editing options make blogging somewhat unromantic, but at least it is a record (albeit sketchy) of my goings-on in this wonderful vast continent that I´m happy for anyone to read, and confirmation to the family that I´m still alive and heading in the general direction that I´m supposed to be.

(And excuse any poor spelling - any attempt to squeeze an extra item into my already bulging backpack, such as an English dictionary, would mean the bag exploding every time it is opened...but I´m sure no-one cares about spelling that much other than my dear Mum!)

Admittedly,I have not done a great deal since I arrived here in Peru. In a nutshell (and my blogs will probably end up being nutty-shellish given I have exhausted myself already writing the same account of things a number of times in emails and in my diary...but we´ll see if the words flow or not...how much I want to be exploring outside!!) the most interesting things that have happened thus far is:

Stuff it. I´m going off to explore.

Watch this space, though. Things just might appear there.

I will tell you all about the scary, scary road to Huaraz where the mountains just about swallow you up, my experience in the local hospital, and how I nearly bought a puppy, all in due course :)

Hasta luego!