Well now. It has been all of 2 days since we left the Galapagos archipelago and we are still reeling from the excitement of it all. Thanks to a timely tax return, some good budgeting and a generous donation from my sister and her fiancé we decided that we had just about enough cash to get ourselves a last minute deal to those hallowed lands. We had spoken to so many travellers who had been there and told us how incredible it was that we were quite prepared to e...

After leaving Cusco we travelled, in our terms, quite quickly. That is to say that we went from south to north Peru in a matter of a few weeks (although this is actually deemed quite leisurely when compared to many travellers who manage to take entire countries in a week!). Our first stop was Arequipa which, as some may know, was the end of my career in the Army after a relatively minor kayaking incident in 2004. To be honest, the city hasn't changed too much si...