Machu Pichu The next day we caught a train to Machu Pichu town, where we spent the afternoon doing very little really - I (laura) got mauled by the mossies again. We went out to dinner that night and I celebrated my fake birthday - we were told that if someone in the group pretended it was their birthday you would get free cake for dessert - I volunteered immediately for the birthday girl role. To our surprise though It was actually quite a big affair with th...

Cuzco and Sacred Valley After two nights in Lima we flew to Cuzco in the Peruvian highlands. This was to be our base for the coming days as we checked out the Sacred Valley and Machu Pichu. Cuzco's elevation is 3600 m above sea level. Getting the bags after the flight and walking to the taxi was enough to leave us panting. By the time we had checked in to our hotel I wasn´t feeling great, at all. The altitude was in the proces of taking it's first victim....

Hi Andrew here. Sorry about the lack of updates. We will do a few over the coming days as a catch up: We arrived in Lima in the early evening after flying from Buenos Aires and got a taxi to our hotel. This was a pre arranged ride due to the stories of pillage we had heard when illegal taxi drivers whisk you off to be robbed. Not cool. Initial impressions of the place at night was a hectic spawling urban scene. Not surprised.On this basis it was a relief to see ...