We made it!

2 days and 3 flights later, we are in Peru! First things first, we are both doing well and loving it and the altitude sickness has been minimal-bonus. We have been on the go since we arrived- we just got back last night from our Amazon excersion in the Manu Rainforest. That place is incredible- pictures do not do it justice( but your all going to see them at some point anyways!). We lucked out and had 3 other students our age with us, from Scotland and England-it was great to swap stories and get a feel for what life is like over there for people our age. We spent 2 days trekking in the rainforest, it was like walking through the movie Jarassic Park, I was waiting for a dinosaur to come tearing through the forest at any minute - dinosaur, snake, same same but different. Speaking of which we only saw 2 snakes the entire trek ( thank goodness). One was a tree viper (we fnd out later that its one of the more dangerous ones)- it just had to quickly slither its way across the footpath between Ryan and I- he accidently kicked it as I screamed and jumped back about 5 feet while everyone else chases it into the forest to get a better look- yea no thanks. There were so many other jungle highlights I'll have to tell you about later, but heres a few: swinging on vines Tarzan style, waterfall swimming, night walks, giant bulfrogs, fireflies, tropical thunderstorms, cloud forest, animals, birds and butterflies EVERYWHERE, boatrides, the bright colours of Peru and the landscape. I could go on and on but I will stop there; I will need some stories to tell at home! Our hostel, called Loki has been awesome- great food, decently clean, bar tab and its full of people from all over the world. Ive met so many cool people with great life and travel stories, some of which I will definitly keep in touch with, especially the ones from New Zealand! Time to relax for a day, we start our 4 day trek to Machu Picchu on the Inca Trail Friday. I hope to post again after that trip befre we start heading south. I hope everyone at home is doing well! Don't worry and don't miss me to much, 1 week gone, the time if flying by! Bye for now, xo J