After our adventures in Cusco and Machu Picchu we travelled to a town called Puno which is located on the Peru side of Lake Titicaca. The following day we got a boat out on the lake to the floating islands. These islands have been made from reeds by the people who live there. They use the roots of the reeds to form platforms and then they tie these together using rope which is then anchored in the bottom of the lake. These platforms are then covered with reeds ab...

Hello, as you can see by the picture I managed to climb up to Machu Picchu! I set off at 4am and climbed in the dark up the side of the moutain through the jungle to the top where Machu Picchu is situated. I managed to get there to watch the sunrise which was amazing and so peaceful. I however was very tired after one and a half hours climbing, You can probably tell from the photographs. Machu Picchu is awe inspiring it straddles a mountain 2,380 m and has steep...

This is delayed by quite a long time due to problems I have been having with this site. However I will write some brief information about each of the places I have been to so far in Peru. We finally reached Peru after a very long and tiring trip though Ecuador. Mancora is on the beach and is quite beautiful. The beach town is mainly full of tourists and especially surfers as you will be able to see from the photographs. I did not attempt to surf though I did some...

From Latacunga we travelled to Cuenca which is a beautiful colonial city in the south of Ecuador. We arrived late afternoon and had to walk for a long time with our rucksacks on our back so that we could find a place to stay. We eventually found a beautiful old colonial house which had been converted into a hostal. When we went out for dinner in the evening we were lucky enough to see a procession for Corpus Christi (What is this festival for?) The procession ...

Banos is a very beautiful town nestled in the mountains and surrounded by waterfalls. There are lots of different activities to do here including white water rafting, jumping off bridges over rivers (you are attaced to a swing rope) and swimming in thermal pools. My husband (Matt) has done all of these activities and I will add some footage of his jump to this blog. Of course all of these activities are organised by very experienced companies and you should never...