Onwards to London...

I write this from the airport in Lima, awaiting my departure for London, feeling quite calm but also a strange sense of anticipation for the next part of the journey. I am starting to feel like an airport veteran and my passport seems to be filling up very quickly.

What have I been up to since the last post? Well, since leaving the Iquitos, I spent a few chilled out days in Buenos Aires, Argentina before returning to Lima for my flight. Buenos Aires was nice. Lots of European style architecture, cafes, restaurants, tango, cake, pastries etc. OMG, they have these amazing handmade tarts packed with spinach, and only spinach…(my favourite vegetable, yes really!)…yum! :-)

Some of the architecture in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires huge 'obilisco' (what would Freud say about that Mum?)

Lima. I've been here 4 times now, and while it's 'ok', the only thing I really love about it is that there is only one airport so the domestic and international flights leave from the same terminal…yay! I'm not sure why this is such a novelty to me. Perhaps it is because I can jump in a taxi and say 'aeropuerto' and driver knows exactly where to go. Surprisingly with my extremely limited Spanish, I managed to have a great chat to the taxi driver on the way here. At one part we were driving incredibly slow, then weaving across the road due to all the 'hand' language.

I've noticed a few things since leaving Iquitos; for one how much 'busier' everything is compared to the peace and stillness in the Amazon. The energy is mush 'denser', almost as though you can feel people thoughts hanging in the air. Also, despite the return of my bloodshot eyes from lack of sleep / too much coffee, and being in dire need of a haircut, I seem to have attracted the interest from hordes of middle age men…eww! Seriously, they've yelled out across the street, busy mall, mototaxis etc. Even the Peruvian immigration officer had a go… WTF?

There have also been a lot of interesting syncronicities, for instance, people randomly introducing themselves, giving me their contact details, meeting people with mutual connections etc. I even sat next to someone in Iquitos who introduced me to his brother in London and gave me some tips for the UK :-)

As I reflect on 3 months of travel within the Americas, I think about what a gift this time has been. There have been many ups and downs and frustrations mixed with meeting some incrediably interesting people and amazing earth energy centres. There has been much unexpected emotional, even physical detox. Although this has been difficult at times I feel like releasing this is allowing far greater natural magic to flow into my life. I feel a great sense of amazement and appreciation for the beauty of this planet that we live on and the life she supports.

Overall, I feel it's been a great opportunity to learn more about myself and hopefully grow from these experiences. I feel more 'connected' then ever before and look forward to what the UK brings my way :-)