Hi Everyone, I am now in Cusco and have already visited Machu Picchu . When I arrived I was unable to get a place on the traditional Inca trail hike but met a German girl who recommended an alternative trek to me which is also taking 4 days but includes one day downhill mountain biking. So I signed up for the same and left the next morning. It was a rainy day and we drove about 3 hours up a mountain to a village where we started cycling down for about 4 hours t...

My opinion about Nasca the town - it's not a nice place. I went on my way to Cusco and initially I was planning to stay a night, but after having done the flight across the famous lines I decided to leave the same day with the next night bus. Shame, as the hostel owner was so nice. I felt really bad not staying a night and telling him that I don't like his hometown. Oh well…! Sure he has heard it many times before. It was a brilliant stop to update the blog...

Hi again, I have recently returned from the Amazon Jungle which was probably the best experience I had in my life so far. I loved it there to bits. It was just so close to nature, you cannot imagine it. I booked the trip in Lima a day before I left and was lucky to get a reasonable cheap flight to Iquitos. Iquitos, in Peru, is the largest town in the world or so that you cannot get to by road. If you were to take a boat, it would take you at least 3 days. Even ...

Hi Everyone, I have left Lima recently and had a really good time there this was mainly due to meeting Paolo on the bus who initially only wanted to tell me where to get off the bus on my way into the centre of Lima, but ended up showing me the whole city and help me sort some things such as sending picture with the post, booking bus tickets etc. Very useful to me and very kind of him! Initially I was really quite down when I arrived in Lima, because I never w...