I am very glad, very very glad to be able to tell you that I made it back from the Inca Trail in one piece. Beth and the 11 other people in our group all made it back injury free too which seems nothing short of miraculous to me! The Inca Trail in the UK I swear would be cordoned off with yellow and black tape as a fairly major health hazard. Imagine the steepest stairs you can think of, none of which are the same size/shape, pour some water down them, add a...

Buenos tardes. Arrived in Cuzco at an ungodly hour this morning (our flight was 4am), breathed in the altitude and feel like shiiiiiiiit!. The joke is theoretically Ill be going 1000 higher, ie this is the easy bit! Beth and I in hotel room watching Scrubs (nice!!) and just trying to breathe normally!! Ive cracked out my inhalers and feel a monster headache coming on. This is before walking 8 hours a day for 5 days. Hmm. The plan is to be able to do it but...

ANOTHER post from Lima. Yes yes the novelty is still high but saying as I have a bunch of readers I may as well keep you posted. Beth and I have checked into a new hostel today. Kaminu if you want to google it. Already I have practiced some pigeon spanish on someone and we have met a bunch of american girls who have just finished the inca trail and are COVERED in bites. Note to self must be totally covered in bug spray and sunscreen at all times. We went ...

Another entry from Lima as soon we will be on the inca trail and then you wont hear nada from me for a while.We had a nice day today - started at the markets with three friends from the hostel and knowing that we have to carry anything we buy sure quells your shopping instinct! If I couldve teleported it home I wouldve bought some paintings of peruvian figures with the hats and the panpipes, seat throws with llamas which are really nice, stuff like that. Erm an...

First blog post! Im writing it in notepad as this computers IE will randomly shut down so here goes.. Beth and I headed down to the beach today. Our hostel has an ocean view. BUT thick thick sea mist right now so wasnt of a vista! We have pronounced the beach officially rubbish and much preffered a suburb that we found where they obviously spend a small fortune on landscape gardening. We are naming Lima the city of lurve because there are couples everywhere - p...