Hi Guys! Arrived in Puno on Friday, it's cold! We just chilled out yesterday and went to visit the Yavari, a naval boat from the mid 19th Century, made in England to sail on Lake Titicaca. At the time, she had to be carried by donkey from Arica (now Chile, then Peru) hundreds of miles across land and reassembled on the lake. Today we visited the Uros floating islands, made entirely out of reeds. The islands have been inhabited since hundreds of year...

Hi Guys! We arrived in Arequipa from Cusco on Tuesday, and decided to launch straight into the next tour. So yesterday we arrived at the Colca Canyon. We chose the apparently less popular option for the tour which involved trekking from Yanque to visit local ruins, and then on to the hot springs in Yanque. The trek was fantastic, and not too strenuous following our Inca Trail escapades. We crossed the Colca River and trekked up the valley, passing local ...

Hey Guys, We made it! Nearly unscathed! Just got the Inca shuffle down to a T now (M and P, if you're reading this how are the legs?). It was amazing. The pictures don't even do it justice, and we couldn't describe it well enough. We started the trail at Km 82 on Monday morning. We were in a group of 15 trekkers, with 2 guides. We had 15 porters and a cook to look after us along the way, though we only saw them at mealtimes and in the evening. T...

Hi Everyone, We visited the Sacred Valley on 27th June on a tour. The weather was horrendous, very cold and wet and it snowed! It made us nervous because we were due to do the Inca trail the following day. First stop was Pisac market. Managed to haggle ourselves some alpaca wool socks to keep our feet warm, but it was so wet we weren't really interested in the rest of the market. Visited the archeological site of Pisac afterwards which was very interest...

Hola! Today we watched the celebrations in the main square in Cusco for Inti Raymi - festival of the sun. Bit ironic that it rained though. It was a really colourful celebration with great music and dancing. There is obviously a full story to it, and we didn't know what that was exactly, but it was great to watch. In the afternoon, as most of you no doubt, we managed to watch the match in the pub. Great game, couldn't take the tension though. Bit...