5 kwietnia 2017, Kolumbia ⋅ 🌙 3 °C
Another country to tick off...as long as we're prepared to count a three hour stop in the airport before our connecting flight. Our 11 hour flight from Heathrow to Bogota was brilliant - salmon for Czytaj więcej
PeruCuscoSacsaywamanPlaza de Armas Cusco13°30’59” S 71°58’44” W
5 kwietnia 2017, Peru ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
We were fed again on our three hour hop from Bogota to Cuzco...Avianca are great. The pilot also pointed out the Amazon river as we flew over it which was quite exciting.
Arrival at Cuzco airport was Czytaj więcej
PeruCusco13°31’19” S 71°58’42” W
5 kwietnia 2017, Peru ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
We returned to the hotel for some munchies and a nap in the mid-afternoon. This was particularly well timed - as we stepped through the hotel door, the heavens opened. I was acutely aware that even Czytaj więcej
PeruCuscoSacsaywamanMunicipalidad de el Cuzco13°31’3” S 71°58’50” W
6 kwietnia 2017, Peru ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Between jet lag, a 24-hour journey, and the altitude, we had planned a lie in today. Whilst our hotel is lovely, the walls are rather thin and someone clearly had big plans for their day having set Czytaj więcej
PeruCuscoSacsaywamanPlaza de Armas Cusco13°31’5” S 71°58’46” W
6 kwietnia 2017, Peru ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
After meeting our tour group, we walked to the G Adventures office and briefed on the coming days, which was all very exciting. We were issued with duffle bags in which we are allowed just 6kg to take Czytaj więcej
PeruCusco13°31’19” S 71°58’42” W 7 kwietnia 2017, Peru ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
...is that a 6kg duffle bag which is to contain your sleeping bag, roll mat, pillow, clothes, towel, and sandals is more of an ask than we envisaged. After several weigh-ins we finally cracked it - it Czytaj więcej
PeruCuscoPisac13°24’32” S 71°50’41” W
7 kwietnia 2017, Peru ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
We started out at 7am heading higher still to 3500m and the statue of the white Jesus. This 8 and a half metre replica of the one in Brazil overlooks the city and makes for a good photo Czytaj więcej
PeruCuscoOllantaytamboPiscacuchoQuebrada Misquipuquio13°12’51” S 72°22’52” W
8 kwietnia 2017, Peru ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
At Ollantaytambo this morning, the weather looked promising if overcast. Sadly, an hour's drive later the heavens had opened.
We arrived at KM82, the start of the Inca Trail in the rain so we donned Czytaj więcej
PeruCuscoOllantaytamboChamanaInca Trail13°14’8” S 72°25’13” W
8 kwietnia 2017, Peru ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
So the day began with a bit of a hill followed by a flat-ish, undulating trail. Sadly, that was not to last. There big hills and three pit stops later, we reached the high point before lunch.
The Czytaj więcej
PeruCuscoOllantaytamboChamanaQuebrada Hualancay13°14’27” S 72°25’41” W
8 kwietnia 2017, Peru ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Just before lunch we stopped to see out first ruin: from high above it we could see the signature terraces as well as the watchtower overlooking them.
From here, the descent was steep to Czytaj więcej
