Day 1: A quick flight form Cusco to Puerto Maldondo - edge of the Amazon jungle. We were greeted in person by the owner of Ananconda lodge, Donald, and transfered to our accommodation by tok tok. Lunch was in the Thai Restaurant of the lodge and cooked by Donalds Thai wife Wadi. I never really new Thai food until that moment, it was delicious, a feast for the taste buds! Eating fruit for desert outside the restaurant we were suddenly accosted by a variety o...

One of the new seven wonders of the World. Machu Picchu, the lost city of the Incas, is nestled 7,500 feet above sea level in the Andean mountain range above the Urubamba valley. Machu Picchu was probably created around 1450 near the height of the Inca Empire. It has been speculated to be a prison and some thought it was a defensive retreat, but the most common belief is that Machu Picchu was the estate of an Inca emperor. Machu Picchu was a self-sustaining ci...

Day 1 - Inca trail We woke bright and early, ready to be collected for the start of our Inca adventure. Travelling to Ollantaytambo by mini van - traditionally the start of the classic inca trail - we stopped in town for a quick look around and a cuppa hot cocoa leaf tea, before continuing on our way to the dizzying heights of Abra Malaga 4316 mts above sea level. Here we swapped mini van for mountain bike, and began our journey in earnest, cycling 40km down the...

We arrived in Cusco to bright sunshine and beautiful weather. After a quick check in with Pie Peru we sorted out our Inca Trail itinerary for the next day. With the afternoon free we headed to the famous Jack's cafe and we were not disappointed. One great lunch later, Serge realised he had no jacket so off we went North Face hunting. Not. the originals mind you, the ones that leave through the 'back door'. So not only did Serge buy himself a Norf' Face Jacket, ...