3pm Apr 25: I'm in my favourite Peruvian cybercafe (quick broadband; 1 sol or 17p an hour; 1min to Nati's house), listening to undoubtedly the internet's best invention, the marvellous, thumping home of house and trance music which is http://www.di.fm/.
You may have heard me rave about di before - but click on the 'Listen Now' tab and your net time will never be the same, I promise.
Nati's very happy to be with her family again and I'm really enjoying being in Lima as well. As usual here, I'm loving genuinely the best food I've ever tasted from Nati's amazing mum. Sorry, mum, she's better - it's true!
Joined a gym for hardcore aerobic dance classes (!!) and to sort out my dodgy shoulders once and for all, and studying Spanish every day.
Also signing up for a footy team, brushing up on my world history with the great book my Lincoln pal Phil's lent me, and celebrating my 31st birthday tomorrow with Peru's best food, ceviche (raw fish marinated in lemon; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceviche) and a particularly massive night out.
Lima can get a bad rep from backpackers. It's true parts aren't that nice...but, hey, this is South America, man, and anyone been to Brixton lately?
We're having fun with Nati's family and friends, hitting the mall and spending time with Nati's abu (granny) in Chosica, a nice town with a beautiful Plaza de Armas (main square) full of old men playing chess.
It's autumn here now, and that doesn't mean cold, dark, rainy days but mid-20s sunshine all day every day, perfect shorts & T-shirt weather.
Now I have time to catch up on the net, I'll blog again soon.
Saludos a todo
Ali y Nati
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