Today we got up at 8am to get picked up for the Inca Trail. My phone was still playing up and I was starting to develop a nasty cough, not much I could do about either. We hopped on the bus and headed down a small dirt road to km 82 the starting point. On the way we saw the axel of another vehicle come off with all the porters standing on the side of the road. Once we reached the start of the trek we were given our walking poles, sleeping bags and mats. We pac...

Another early enough start this time to head to the sacred valley. On the way we stopped off at the women's weaving co-op. Here the women learn how to weave from a young age. We learnt about how they wash the fur and dye it to get the different colours. All the things thy made were amazing and how they use the different plants for dye is cool. After this we headed for some more ruins. It was very cold and we headed up the large hill to check out the ruins. After...

Another early wake up on this trip, this time it was to go quad biking. All of the group besides one was coming along. The mini bus trip took just over an hour to get out to the country side. Once there we had a quick introduction on how to drive a quad bike and then it was time for a quick practice. The driving part was fine for me but a few people struggled. Once on the bikes we drove down small country roads to the salt mine. Here we walked down into the mine...

I woke up at 4am and was unable to get back to sleep....great! I spoke to Ryan on the phone and then had some breakfast before getting on our private transfer bus to Cusco. On the way we stopped at a pass around 4200m above sea level. We arrived in cusco around 3pm, quickly got changed and headed to a cafe called Jack's. The food was good, cheap and huge servings. I had a smoothie and a chicken sandwich. After this I headed around the shops with the girls befor...

Woke up this morning around 6.30 after a great nights sleep and feeling much better. Soon after we had Lucinda at the door and gabino telling us it's time to go and help with breakfast. We had to help with the dough and make it into thin bits of bread to be fried. We did this and hung them on the edge of the bowl and they all stuck together so we had to start again. After about an hour they were finally all finished and fried so it was time to eat. We had a plate...