Sunday 27th March After being rudely awoken by the Israelis that were in our dorm (their so rude!) me and Joe headed out for breakfast leaving Craig with his hangover! We found a little cafe next to the lagoon and ordered a huge pancake with fruit and choc sauce ( we should've ordered one to share as we didn't even eat half of ours!) then we headed back to the hotel to chill by the pool. It's like we're on holiday! (I know we kind of are but this travelling is...

We arrived in Ica after a 12 hour bus journey (it was only supposed to be 10 hours!) it was so hot when we got off the bus! We got a taxi straight to Huacachina (10mins away). Huacachina; surrounded by mountainous sand dunes that roll into town over the picturesque lagoon. Just 5km west of Ica, this tranquil oasis boasts graceful palm trees, exotic flowers and attractive antique buildings.  We hadnt made any arrangements for accommodation so the taxi driver dr...

Arequipa; rocked by volcanic eruptions and earth quakes nearly every century since the Spanish arrived in 1540, Arequipa doesn't lack for drama. The perfect cone-shaped volcano of El Misti (5822m) is flanked to the left by raged Chachani (6075m) and to the right by Pichu Pichu (5571m). Peru's second largest city is whitewashed in volcanic stone in a majestic mountainous setting. Wednesday 23rd March We arrived in Arequipa at 5am and got a taxi straight to our h...

Not a very exciting few days! Sunday; we had a bit of a mission as the hostel we were in had no rooms available for our next 2 nights (our fault for not booking ahead!) So after getting back late Saturday night we had to check out by 9am. We managed to get into another hostel and spent the afternoon chilling and catching up with people on skype! Joe wasn't feeling well so spent all afternoon in bed. We showered and went for dinner then shattered went back to the...

Saturday 19th March We got up at 3.30, got dressed and headed straight to the bus station (luckily it's only across the road from our hostel!) We arrived at about 3.50 and were only about the 8th people in the Q. By 4am about another 30 people arrived so we were glad we'd come a bit early! We finally got on the first bus at 5.30 and travelled about 25 mins to Machu Picchu up a very windey steep hill! When we arrived at Machu Picchu we got our stamp for Wayna P...