The day started foggy in the mountain tops, apparently not a good sign for a good day. We were up early and caught the Vista Dome train to Machu Picchu. Magnificant scenery, the river beside the rail line was flowing wildly. Apparently there had been a lot of rain a few days ago. When we arrived at the Machu Picchu township it had started to rain. We were met there by our guide for the day, Julia. We all went for the half hour bus ride up the mountain to th...

Arrived at the hotel about 11.30am. Beautiful hotel in magnificant surroundings. Sorted ourselves and went walking again. Ollantambo is a beautiful old town with mainly cobbled streets (which played havoc with my ankle). A lot of the locals, particularly the old women still dress in traditional dress. There is an old fort that was used y the Incas to defend themselves against the Spanish Conquistadors. The site is apparently older than Machu Picchu. It is ...

Early morning and a short flight to Cusco. So far Ron is coping pretty well with the altitude - he's a little breathless and both of us yawning lots - but that could be mainly tiredness. All our gym work seems to be paying off (thanks Ellen). We were met at the airport by Ava, with our travel documents and transfer driver, for the 1 1/2 hour drive to Ollantaytambo, in the Sacred Valley. I didn't see much of the scenery as I dozed a lot - still jet lagged big ...

We were met at the airport by Vanessa and our transfer driver. We arrived at the hotel after midnight his morning. After a fitful sleep - we still felt like we were flying - we had breakfast then headed off walking for about 3 hours. Headed to the waterfront, The Malecon, then wandered along taking photos and enjoying the sunshine. The Malecon is along the cliff top not the beach. Very unusual cliffs - very loose and gravelly- looks like conglomerate that has...

As you can see, we are at Auckland airport. Much dramas yesterday when we got to Sydney. Long story short - we had a flight cancelled. Were supposed to fly LAN airlines to Santiago with brief setdown in Auckland. The first flight was cancelled and Qantas flew the first leg, now we have a 6 hour layover in Auckland, so we will get into Lima 6 hours late. Check-in was chaos!!! Had to check in twice Qantas and LAN - almost 2 hours . . . It is going to be an ...