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Month: May 2014

Ballestas Islands and Nazca Lines

Posted on May 11, 2014April 7, 2022 by bollingerbabe

So much for a good night’s sleep.  Despite my wearing ear-plugs (I always bring ear-plugs whenever I am sleeping away from home) I was woken several times in the night by the persistent ‘boom boom’ bass notes of disco music.  It went on all night ( I kid you not) and, when we got our early-morning…

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Pyramids at Pachacamac

Posted on May 10, 2014April 7, 2022 by bollingerbabe

As we were still on UK time, we were awake long before the 6.30am wake-up call.  We packed our cases again, left them outside our room, then made our way along to the dining room where we were soon joined by Stephen and Alison.  Breakfast consisted of cereals, toast, cold meats, cheeses and eggs as…

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Friends Reunited

Posted on May 9, 2014April 7, 2022 by bollingerbabe

Well, we have been on many long-haul flights in the past but this one seemed to last forever. We were seated in the centre of the centre set our four seats, so it meant that Trevor and I each had someone on our other side which meant that if we needed to go to the…

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Longhaul to Lima

Posted on May 8, 2014April 7, 2022 by bollingerbabe

Once again we are jetting off to foreign shores, not on a cruise this time but on a land-based tour of Peru. This morning our sleep was shattered by the alarm going off at the unearthly hour of 2.50am, as we were due to leave around 3.30am to drive to Durham Tees Valley airport for…

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