Dunebug baby!
September 15, 2015 in Peru ⋅ 🌙 7 °C
A great fun morning. We caught our dune buggy early and drove out into the desert. On the way we got to pass another ancient ruin, old cemeteries disturbed by looters and old aqueducts, built 1,500Read more
Arequipa
September 16, 2015 in Peru ⋅ 🌙 16 °C
Another city today. Highlights: Belgian coffee house with delicious chocolate, a beautiful colourful monastery and spending two nights in the same hotel room. Oh and finding this lovely roof top forRead more
Monastery
September 16, 2015 in Peru ⋅ 🌙 15 °C
Ok, the monastery was too beautiful and requires a post all of its own.
National Reserve
September 17, 2015 in Peru ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Today we started our trip into the mountains. After taking our coca leaves we stopped to do some pencuña spotting, then alpachas, then llamas! Another erupting volcano, high altitude, breaking outRead more
Chivay
September 17, 2015 in Peru ⋅ 🌙 7 °C
Hot springs, Inca prep and a birthday. And yes that's that's a volcano subtly erupting from my bedroom balcony.
Colca Canyon
September 18, 2015 in Peru ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Condors!
Introducing Cusco
September 19, 2015 in Peru ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
The most luxurious night bus ever brought us well rested to the famous cusco. Home to the emperors new groove and apparently some other stuff too. We toured the sanblas, visited alpaca and jewelleryRead more
Lazy Day in Cusco
September 20, 2015 in Peru ⋅ 🌙 7 °C
No alarm day, awesome food, quinoa beer, more shopping and the famous Jack's
Road to Inca Trail
September 21, 2015 in Peru ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
A lovely little sanctuary filled with animals rescued from the black market. Vicuñas, pumas, wildcats and of course the mighty condors. All those which can be rehabilitated are, and those which canRead more
Tupananchiskama
September 21, 2015 in Peru ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Another community stay today. These ladies were very cool.
Ollantaytambo
September 21, 2015 in Peru ⋅ 🌙 11 °C
I left my camera in the hostel :( Beautiful wee town
Quarry Trekking
September 22, 2015 in Peru ⋅ ⛅ 5 °C
Back tracking a little as I've not had a moment to collect scribble my thoughts for ages! Given my usual last minute booking classic Inca Trail permits were sold out for the next 8 months so I electedRead more
Quarry Crew!
September 23, 2015 in Peru ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
After waking to a beautiful sunrise we continued to climb to our high point of 4,800, taking a beautiful high pass with the semi rural horses on the way.
Trek
September 23, 2015 in Peru ⋅ 🌙 8 °C
That same afternoon (sorry too many gorgeous photo opportunities for one post!) we elected to walk even higher to summit at 4,850. And the views were truly spectacular. No other word. It was soRead more
Aguas Caliente
September 24, 2015 in Peru ⋅ 🌙 21 °C
As we reached our final day trekking we were rewarded with more fantastic views, and a super cool, beautiful train to take us onwards! And of course, what better way to celebrate than with (multiple)Read more
Machu
September 25, 2015 in Peru ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Picchu
September 25, 2015 in Peru ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Machu Freaking Picchu
September 25, 2015 in Peru ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
One last day in Cusco
September 26, 2015 in Peru ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Puno
September 27, 2015 in Peru ⋅ 🌙 9 °C
A tiny little town. Not very exciting except for their tricycles.
Taquile
September 28, 2015 in Peru ⋅ 🌙 9 °C
A little bit of Mediterranean paradise, dropped into Lake Titicaca. So peaceful and serene, with a lovely microclimate, delicious seafood and knitting men.
Titicaca
September 28, 2015 in Peru ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Cruising the highest navigatable lake in the world. I loved the clear, calm waters reflecting the beautiful sky.
Homestay
September 28, 2015 in Peru ⋅ 🌙 9 °C
We were quite relieved when our host parents turned up after being led to our host be a grumpy teenage boy. However after some bonding over cute animals, volleyball and terrible Spanglish we were allRead more
Oros Islands
September 29, 2015 in Peru ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
After saying goodbye to our surrogate mamas and papas we headed back to the lake to travel home to Puno, visiting the floating islands on the way. Once a refuge and home for hundreds of people, todayRead more
