We packed our bags after breakfast and checked out Hatun Quilla. We weren't moving far, Hostel Mallqui was literally round the corner and it only took a few minutes to walk there. We got Room 203, the one we went to see yesterday, so were were quite happy. We lazed around for a while in the hostel mulling over which company we should choose for the Inca Jungle Trail. We were still undecided by lunchtime but we did know we wanted to eat something. Jack's, an A...

To extend our stay in Cusco until we leave for the Machu Picchu tour, which we haven't booked yet but aim to leave on Saturday, we needed to change hostel. There was another hostel round the corner, Mallqui Hostel, that we visited and were shown some rooms which were fine. We choose our room and left a deposit to secure it for tomorrow.We had walk around some plazas and shops trying to find a new small backpack, the old one is no longer waterproof and has duct ta...

Hatun Quilla hostel included a simple breakfast with bread rolls and ham, juice, coffee and honey puffs cereal. It wasn't a huge amount but it was enough to get us started. It was a bit of a chore day today and it started with laundry. We both had pretty much ran out of clean clothes to wear and the bag of laundry weighed in at 9kg - the heaviest of our trip so far.With the laundry organised, we set off in search of a cafe with internet and came across a Starbuck...

Once again it was an early start to the day, we needed to get a taxi to the bus terminal for 6:30am for our Inca Express Tour from Puno to Cusco. Puno's bus terminal is one of the most confusing we have ever been in. After we finally found the gate for the bus, we weren't allowed through until we had bought our departure tax tickets. Maria left David with the bags and went of searching for the ticket booth under the stairs, except there were two sets of stairs. M...