In Transit

Bad news- we have now left Quito. After three amazing months we are now heading to the Peruvian border to avoid a week's stay in the visa office. We're not going very fast as my backpack is full of children I have stolen from the markets. Well actually not, but full of tins of tuna and something else inexplicably heavy and invisible. I've had a good look at all my possessions and am compiling a list of things to throw out of the bus window en route as otherwise we will never make it to Cuzco in a month. Chris and I managed to successfully navigate our way to Riobamba without incident and from here we are off to Cuenca. Apparently it is very beautiful and historic but the most exciting thing from my perspective is a report from our friend Eva Wunderbar that they don't have stray dogs roaming the streets in packs there. Post- Cuenca we head south, hopefully stopping at a town called Zamora along the way so that I can take a bunch of posed photos with the Fulham mascot Billy the Badger, in honour of the great man himself. (If you don't get this reference, shame on you). So in about four weeks, assuming that we haven't got very lost, I will update from the dizzy heights of Cuzco. In the meantime, go and make a cup of tea or have a glass of wine and I'll be right back xxx P.S Apparently if you're very lucky you can get your feet licked for free by strangers in a certain park in Lima. I'll keep you posted...