1st September 2002

We are now settled into Lima life. Lima is the capital of Peru and it is a big, polluted, crazy drivers sort of a town. Most people hate it here. We have been here 3 times now and love it. We have found a great place that is like a home away from home in one of the beach suburbs, called Barranco.

The backpackers is called "The Point B&B" and you can check out their website at www.geocities.com/the point_peru/ or call on (51-1) 247 7997.

It is so laid back and 'chilled', we find it hard to move on!!!

We have done some maintenance on the bike- put on the new tyres that we bought with us from Canada, changed the oil and put on new brake pads. The bike is running really well.We will head south in the next few days and then onto Bolivia, where it is very cold!!!