Dunebug baby!

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 1,500Читать далее
Arequipa

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 forЧитать далее
Monastery

Ok, the monastery was too beautiful and requires a post all of its own.
National Reserve

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 outЧитать далее
Chivay

Hot springs, Inca prep and a birthday. And yes that's that's a volcano subtly erupting from my bedroom balcony.
Colca Canyon

Condors!
Introducing Cusco

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 jewelleryЧитать далее
Lazy Day in Cusco

No alarm day, awesome food, quinoa beer, more shopping and the famous Jack's
Road to Inca Trail

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 canЧитать далее
Tupananchiskama

Another community stay today. These ladies were very cool.
Ollantaytambo

I left my camera in the hostel :( Beautiful wee town
Quarry Trekking

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 electedЧитать далее
Quarry Crew!

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

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 soЧитать далее
Aguas Caliente

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)Читать далее
Machu

Picchu

Machu Freaking Picchu

One last day in Cusco

Puno

A tiny little town. Not very exciting except for their tricycles.
Taquile

A little bit of Mediterranean paradise, dropped into Lake Titicaca. So peaceful and serene, with a lovely microclimate, delicious seafood and knitting men.
Titicaca

Cruising the highest navigatable lake in the world. I loved the clear, calm waters reflecting the beautiful sky.
Homestay

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 allЧитать далее
Oros Islands

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, todayЧитать далее
Bolivia!

Goodbye Peru! It was a blast. And hello to the next leg, Bolivia.