Thursday 9th April. We fare not much better in the morning. Malcolm tries to rest and I go and inform our family we are I'll and cannot have breakfast. They give me some munya tea. Which is a sort of fresh mint tea. They tell me to go back to our room. I feel very bad as we are supposed to have special food. But we feel just too ill. After awhile I go out even though I feel awful and follow the family as they move and stake their sheep in the hillside for the ...

Tuesday 7th April I awake early with stomach cramps and diarrhoea. When it's time to get up and pack my bags, skip breakfast. It is a long bus ride today to Puno and lake Titicaca; 7.5 hours and I feel absolutely awful. I don't want to take anything. Even rehydration drink I brought at bus station. We watch movies and sleep and eventually we stop for a lunch break. I'm grateful for the toilet and walk around until we leave. After several more hours we arrive in...