30th April 2005

Everyone (except the toilet paper manufacturers) will be glad to know that the virus has finally cleared. It has taken 5 days of antibiotics, and not very much food (or worse beer) but i´m finally back on my feet and just in time too! As the other Kumuka truck (aptly called Nelly) challenged the mighty Kinda to a 5 aside game at Puerto Inca, yesterday. Half time was 0-0 and looking a very close call but thanks to the Samba Football we ended up stuffing them 6-0 with all of our team getting at least 1. Unfortunately they took bad to losing and half our team (that will be 2.5 players then) got some form of injury - mine was a lovely kick on the shin - now a lovely bruise. They then challanged us to beach volleyball and after 3 games of that they agreed that we was far too superiour for them. On the footballing side i have started to play a lot more with my left foot, trouble is it´s 20 years too late!

Today i have just been on a little Cessna plane to fly over the Nazcar lines. For those who don´t know, the Nazcar lines were created pre inca times and are big pictures of animals drawn on the ground but the only way you can see them is from the sky, which has baffeled historians. Some even say it was done by aliens - prob after they had a few beers that is!

The weather has picked up now we are no longer at altitude and that we are creeping ever so close to the Equator. The only downside is that we seem to be doing a bit more camping recently, this will change on Monday when we reach the capital of Peru, Lima (and yes this is def the capital this time).

I´m off to make up for lost time and catch up with the beer drinking.