2 days ago we arrived in a small town called Puno. Puno is right next to Lake Titicaca so yesterday our group embarked on a boat and we taken to an island to have some lunch (fresh trout) and then we were taken to another island where we were billeted with local families to stay the night. Our mum and dad (in their fifties) had a boy about 15 years old. We took a few presents such as sugar, rice and pasta which is customary to do. They took us to their local socc...

Heath and I are back in Cuzco after completing the Lares Trek on Thursday afternoon. We had the best time possible - perfect weather and only 7 people in the group. We arrived in Cuzco a week ago and did a full day tour of the Sacred Valley on the Sunday. I got a bit worried because I was puffing just walking around the ruins! Luckily I wasn´t the only one though - the altitude here is a killer, you get puffed even walking up a slight incline. After our Sacr...

Kerry and I are now back to at least 90% health, it is a relief. We were both on some antibiotics (self administered) for a few days which did the trick. We were a bit worried because our trek to macchu picchu is just a few days off now and we were getting a bit worried about not being able to do it. Anyway, smooth waters from here on in. Many others on our tour are having similar if not worse symptoms so its going through us all. One of the lads was in hospital ...

Just a quick from Huaraz. Huaraz is the trekking and climbing centre of Peru. It is based at 3000m above sea level, we have experienced some altitude related symptoms while here. Yesterday i went Ice climbing up in the hills from Huaraz. We drove into the mountains to about 5000m above sea level and then hiked to a glacier which has a ice cliff wall of about 6-7m. The altitude made it so hard to do the climbing, but it was a lot of fun. We experienced a storm w...

Since our last blog, we spent a few days in Banyos (where we last blogged from). During that time, Kerry and I both partook in some white water rafting and canyoning. I did some grade 5 rapids which were a lot of fun. My group managed to stay in the boat, although i half fell out. I managed to keep my foot in the leg strap but the rest of me was outside the raft. One of my mates hauled me back into the raft before i was one with the water. The occupants of Kerr...