It is not hard to see how Machu Pichu is know as one of the wonders of the world. It is spectacular and the thought of building that in the mountain with a lack of resources is astonishing. We woke up early and went straight to the checkpoint waiting until 5:30 for it to open. While waiting you could see all of constellations in the sky and we were told a couple of stories from the locals. With our wait over, our eagerly anticipated group rushed towards Machu P...

On day three we are starting to miss having showers but have acclimatised to going to toilet in a hole in the ground. An added bonus was that last night we slept well, not being too cold and opened our tent to the view of the mountains seen in the picture. I have recovered slightly but it is Abigail's turn to feel rough again. If it is not one it is the other, but we have tried to help each other through and hasn't affected our experience at all. It was the day...

Day two of the Inca trail was a massive struggle as I felt ill all last night and we had six hours of uphill walking. Feeling ill I had no breakfast and therefore paid the price with no energy for the rest of the day. Abigail had eaten breakfast but the constant steps the wound through the forest were even still an exhausting and difficult trail. With numerous stops upon the way, we rejoined the rest of the group which we had dropped off from, for a sandwich. Be...

The alarm buzzing at 5 we tried to sneak out of the hostel without paying. All our our attempts were in vain as the landlord apparently had ears of a hawk. Lugging our things to the office we then proceeded on our adventure via bus. Stopping for breakfast and being advised to buy coca leaves we then arrived at the start of our trek. Day one could be described as lots of walking, but there were some ancient sites along the way a nice view walking towards one the...

The day before we head off to Machu Pichu we both feel ill and decided to have an easy day. Both feeling sorry for ourselves we went to Jack's cafe again and after a brief wait ourselves we sat at a table. Struggling to eat we have saved some of our sandwich, then to be eaten for dinner. Wandering towards the market, we stopped to sit in the main plaza. Being approached by a shoe shiner claiming one soles per shoe, Abigail decided she would get hers polished. I...