Hola Amigos! Hope everyone is well. Keep on telling us what you are all up to, we appreciate the messages! Where were we? We stayed a couple of days longer than intended in Cusco after we had rather more success with our Saturday party night than we intended. We went out for something to eat (no guinea pig as yet) then wandered around checking out a few bars. We were then later enticed into a few nightclubs with the offer of free drinks and settled in Ukuku´...

¡Hola!Everyone must be getting very good at Spanish now after our updates.  We are currently in Cusco which is a fantastic town with a great main square, lots of fascinating little side streets, it´s own share of nearby Inca ruins as well as serving as the base for trips to Machu Picchu. We arrived at 6am Tuesday morning after our first night journey with Peru´s classiest bus network Cruz del Sur. They provided  good dinner, a mov...

Hello All, The train to Machu Picchu leaves from San Pedro station in Cusco at 6.15am and arrives about 10.10 in Agua Calientes which is a small town straddling the Urubamba river. It seems only to exist for tourists which means a lot of places to stay and eat tho. We picked the first hostel we saw and then set off on our first adventure, a climb up Punkutusi (I forget..) a mountain just outside the town from which you can see Machu Picchu. It was pretty wet ...

Hola!We are now in Arequipa, Peru´s second city with a population of about 1 million. It´s quite a sprawling place but the main square is really pretty and the Misti volcano provides a stunning backdrop. It´s also only about 2500m above sea level so is lovely and warm. We arrived here on Thursday evening from Bolivia, taking a recommendation for a hostel from a guy selling hostels on the bus. We have a tendency to be suspicious of anyone selling...