Made it back alive!! The day we left Cusco we had a day of culture visiting various Inca sites around the area – one just above Cusco called Sacsayhuaman (apparently often called 'sexy woman' by tourists…) and then we went to a town called Pisac above which are lots of Inca terraces perched on the hill. The Inca architecture is pretty amazing just because of the size of the blocks they used – giant! They also didn’t use any kind of m...

So we managed to watch the England game, not great but at least we won. We set off for Cusco, about 2 days drive away from Nazca. Unfortunately we didn't get as far as Geoff had hoped we might as it was slow going through the mountains and so we ended up almost at the top of a high pass (around 4300m we think!) when the sun was starting to set. Being this high as soon as the sun goes down the temperature drops, fast. So we get out and start setting up camp (yes, ...

First of all thanks for everyone's emails, much appreciated. I have actually been chuckling out loud in random internet cafes over here! We left Lima and headed down to Paracas National Park, where we camped for 2 nights. So being a national park we were all expecting lush vegetation and all that..... not so! It was a huge desert expanse of nothing. Which was absolutely amazing, although when we first arrived at our campsite (the edge of the desert by the se...

Managed to cut off the end of my last entry by accident. But anyway we're now in Lima, the capital of Peru. Our hotel is pretty luxurious compared to what we have been used to! And it has an armed guard on the door... Although I have actually felt pretty safe walking around - you just have to be careful what you take with you i guess. Last night we had a plan to go out all together for dinner and then go out dancing. However, we ended up scuppered on both counts ...

Went canyoning this morning which was amazing! It basically involves abseiling down waterfalls, which were freezing cold, but it was so much fun. About 9 of us went, all girls so I think our guides were a bit worried but we were all amazing, obviously. We went down about 8 waterfalls, the one in the pics was almost the biggest although not the hardest. Apart from the canyoning I have mostly been........ eating chicken and chips! it seems to be the local spe...