The display cabinet makes its debut in Moni

Before I regale you with our repetitive life in Peru again, you MUST follow this link to an article in the Peruvian newspaper 'El Comercio' (a bit like the Guardian or Daily Telegraph with supplements from the Daily Star).

Anyway the caption to the photo reads;

'Pixel Boy, Alex Tew (centre) poses with his parents at home in Wiltshire, England. His idea has revolutionalised internet publicity.'

That may be so but that caption has revolutionalised daytime TV in the UK, so desperate are they with the arrival of Paul O'Grady from ITV, Richard & Judy are reduced to masquerading as the parents of young internet boffins.

I don't know about you but his mum looks a bit old for his dad.

Another day of charging around Cusco trying to fill the display cabinet once and for all and for me a morning of downloading tourists pictures to CD.

I obviously don't spend my time poring over their photos but I can confidently say that I am possibly the next David Bailey by comparison.

Imagine spending all your dosh on the trip of a lifetime to Machu Picchu and cutting the peak off your photos .... four times.

We went back to the Confraternidad Shopping Centre at lunchtime for more display baskets, the domed market was on better form today.

Yesterday we were in the same place when it was raining outside, it was also raining inside, I don't think domes are a strong point, painting it sky blue just increases the illusion that there is no roof.

We also made our obligatory trip to the Black Market, which is outside but like a sauna due to the high concentration of shops, people and beef heart on a stick stalls.

On the way back I thought I had met my destiny when our taxi made a blind turn only to be confronted 'Duel' like by a tourist bus looming dangerously close, a sign on the front window said English, so I thought it had been sent just for me.

After this scare I calmed down with a trip to the Post Office and jackpot, the dream of anyone living abroad, four parcels, three from Mum & Dad and one from Christine, so thanks to them.

It's hard to describe the emotion of ripping open packages guaranteed to contain stuff that we can't get here. The Farley's rusks were especially surprising.

Gary, David and Gary's sister Orlaith visited the cafe today, Orlaith is under intense treatment for something approaching pneumonia.

Bad news is that David & Gary's 100 year old Land Rover has recently become famous in Cusco for breaking down, apparently the locals now wait to watch them pushing it up this hill or that hill, so no more trips out for us by the sound of it.

So with the display case full, tomorrow we have a relatively clear day, a shame really because it has been worth all the hassle of filling it just for the look I got today in one shop.

Tampax is not a widely stocked or understood product here, so my purchase of two boxes of 'super plus' brought the most baffled of baffled looks from the bloke behind the counter.