Cusco

Onwards into the Andes and we took a flight from Lima to Cusco, which was a pretty spectacular view actually and since everything is at such a high altitude it felt like we were skimming the mountains for a lot of it (especially when we came into land, which was only mildly terrifying).

We both got a bit floored by altitude sickness, Chris slightly more than than me, which was worsened by the fact that we were staying in an airbnb on top of a hill, so for a while there was a lot of gasping and groaning every time we tried to go anywhere. It did at least have a nice view and it's a very scenic town.

Did a combination of exploring, seeing a few bits and having some quiet time for some of our projects, which we're dedicating more time to at the moment. We ate some very tasty tacos, and a few other good things like trout, although neither of us are overly excited by the Andean Peruvian food - Elli saw someone eat a guinea pig roasted whole which has put her off for life but at least the coca tea does do the advertised job and we both got over the altitude sickness in the end.

As well as an expedition up Machu Picchu (which I'll write something on separately, since it was a bit of an odyssey) we also did some very nice hiking in the Sacred Valley, which was mercifully 900m descent, because noone wants to be ascending that much when you're already at 3400m.Meer informatie