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...

Although it seems there is a lot to do in Cusco, we almost feel after today we have seen most of it. With a little lie in, we then hit the local markets which we had been told were very cheap to buy souvenirs. We had been searching for a charm for Abigail to remind her of Peru. We had a thorough search of the market before deciding to get one with Machu Pichu and an eternity symbol on the back. Next was the food market which had pigs head lying on the floor and ...

Waking up to rain was not how we had imagined our whitewater rafting but we had been told that it will make the water warmer. It was by the best day to wear shorts either but being English, we had a little moan before gritting our teeth and getting on with it. When we arrived we had already started speaking to an Argentinian girl who had done this difficulty of rafting, saying it was fun and not overly difficult. Changing into our wetsuits, it is safe to safe w...

Still having the whole dorm to ourselves we lazed in bed for an extra hour until the deadline for breakfast. Having cereal as well as the usual bread and butter gave us the dilemma of what to choose. Afterwards we packed up and moved to a cheaper hostel with a private room, closer to the plaza. We dropped our stuff off and immediately left for the free city tour. Unlike in Arequipa we stayed to the end, feeling more obliged to stay as there were three guides who...

There is not a great deal to write about today. Having been stuck on a bus for twenty hours we have tried sleep as much a possible. On the way we did pass an overturned oil tanker spilling the load all over the road and everything surrounding it. A quick stop for roadworks meant we could get off to stretch our legs and buy some cooked rice. We did manage to watch private copies of grown ups 2 and wolverine albeit in Spanish. Also allowed me to watch Schindlers ...