I spent five hours in searing heat waiting for Esther under this palm tree in 2001, it has 1,549 fronds and 4962 lines on its trunk

Tomorrow we are going to Cieneguilla with Ceci & Camillo, we were last there before Christmas with Mum & Dad, the temperature reached thirty two degrees in Lima on Wednesday, so I think it will be sun tan cream all round.
Esther went to Jockey Plaza on her own this afternoon and nearly bumped into Alberto Fujimori’s daughter, shame she didn’t ask when her Dad would be back.
As for the elections, Lima is swamped with advertising hoardings displaying the grinning mugs of the corrupt and soon to be corrupt candidates.
The quantity and size of the election propaganda beggars belief.
The latest opinion polls show Lourdes with a ten point lead but one a week ago put her just three percent ahead of Humala.
I prefer our ongoing poll of Lima taxi drivers which has Lourdes leading with ten votes and Humala with one, Fujimori would walk the election if he came back.
The news on the incarcerated ex-President is that he is supposedly considering giving in to the extradition process in order to influence the elections here, that would certainly be very interesting.
I spoke to Ali tonight and she told me that the weather in Cusco is terrible, it rained all night last night and has been cloudy and cold all day today. There are very few tourists there either so we have promised to round a few up and take them back with us.
Salvador is getting more keen on exercising his vocal chords and has now started calling me Michael. He has Daddy and Papa to choose from and elects a third ‘right-on’ version, that will soon stop.
Esther's Auntie Carola and Uncle Coco came round tonight so we spent the evening showing them photos of Salvador who is fast asleep gripping his giraffe.