Back in Lima

Mick Jagger, Rod Stewart and I arrived in Peru last week. Rod was doing a concert in Lima on Friday night, for 10,000 of his fans, old and young. I think he was looking for me but I was too tired to go out after my long voyage over.

My pal Mick is visiting Peru as a tourist. He was in Cusco last week and visited Machu Picchu of course. He was welcomed as some kind of hero here. He went to see the Amazon rainforrest in Tambopata which is where I visited a few years back. He was made an "embajador honorario del bosgue amazonico". Which is more than they did for me for some reason. Maybe they will do it this time round.

Talking about voyages, that's the last time I go from Edinburgh to Lima in one trip. It's just too much for my old body to cope with. Next time will have to stay a night in Amsterdam I reckon.

We have a new president here since my last visit. His name is Ollanta Humala and as far as I can make out he is on the left. He seems to get the right a bit excited. The worst insult they can give is that he's "Chavezista", whom the CIA have turned into a bit of a monster of course. Will have to wait and see how it goes.

They're having their own wee corruption scandal in parliament too; just like home.