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 Starbucks by the plaza. We were trying to look for some reputable companies for tours to Machu Picchu.

Afterwards we went to visit Lorenzo Expeditions to find out more about their Inka Jungle Treck, which had been recommended to us too, but the guy in the office was a bit disinterested and didn't even want to give us the brochure/map to look at. We could get it if we bought the trip, a bit bizarre as you would want to have the info of what is included etc. before making a booking. Just to complicate things, you couldn't reserve a space with a deposit, you had to pay the full price at once. That in itself is difficult because you can't get so much cash out of the ATMs at once (some Peruvian law or other after heaps of ATM robberies). We then had to go and check availability of the trains as they were not included in the tour, you had to make your own way back.

At another agency Conde Travel, the guy was a bit more interested in telling about the tour but accommodation and food is possibly more basic. They included the return transport but it's really late, arriving back in Cusco after midnight. It was cheaper though and gives us something to think about.

We had arranged to meet Andy and Carlee at the Pisco Museum for a drink. It's not so much of a museum but more a bar with a million different bottles of Pisco lining the walls. Maria and David both chose spicy infused Pisco drinks so the waiter brought a glass of it neat to table to be sure it was ok. It had one hell of a kick to it and David was left to finish it. When the drinks arrived, Maria's spicy pisco sour and David's spicy chilcano were both delicious. We were all a bit peckish but didn't fancy eating in the bar so we shared an antipasto platter which included alpaca meat instead of the usual salamis and ham.

Andy had spotted a curry house, Korma Sutra, on his way through town so we agreed that would be a good choice for dinner. The restaurant had a challenge that if you ate all of their Chicken Phaal, you would get a free beer and a certificate. David accepted the challenge and without sweat, completed it. Despite being incredibly hot and jam packed with chillis, it was very tasty, as was everyone else's meal.