Category Archives: Peru

Finally today, our last day in Cusco, Peru even … we manage to eat in Jacks café along with Tom and Nat. The coffee is good, it can be confirmed, but otherwise we are not sure what all the fuss … Continue reading →

On the way back into Aquas Caliente yesterday having run down from Machupicchu we met Tom and Natalie (from Wasi Masi and La Paz) who had gone on the traditional Inca trail which is a day shorter than Salkantay. The … Continue reading →

So this is how it works: You either get up at 0400 to get in a queue for a bus to take you up to the entrance to Machupicchu or you get up about 0400 and walk/run up to the … Continue reading →

Yet another early start today as we set off at first light. We are going to walk on an Inca trail up a mountain where there is a view point across the valley to Machupicchu. Meaning we´ll see it today … Continue reading →

We had a bit of a lie in this morning we didn´t need to get up till 0630 for brekkie around 0800. We are the 1st group to move out and are pleased by this as it means no huge … Continue reading →

A late start then, not! We get up in the dark, eat in the dark and leave just as the sun is coming up through the pass. It´s going to be a tough climb today but after the descent we … Continue reading →

We could argue that it was to be expected, Spanish time and all that, but to be fair no one we knew or have spoken to knows where our hostel is, so it was no real surprise when the transport … Continue reading →

Feeling marginally better this morning and trying to chivvy ourselves along we are determined to book a trek today, otherwise we may find ourselves still wandering around agencies this time next month! To set us up for the challenge we … Continue reading →

Still struggling we make a further traipse around the agencies, more questions, more comparisons, and finding out what availability and group sizes are on offer. We might have to delay a day or so if the food poisoning doesn´t skedaddle! … Continue reading →

Ouch! As if that wasn´t bad enough, Bernice then develops really painful indigestion that lasts most of the day. She can´t be sick anymore but can´t shift the pain either. Huw spends the day at her side, sorting through photos … Continue reading →