Day 52 23/11/09 That morning we headed straight to the airport to get our plane over the Nazcar lines. I sat upfront and enjoyed the experience. It was cool to see the lines creating various animals in the desert plane below. The reason they are not simply covered up with sand is that the surrounding mountains block any strong winds. Sadly the others didn't have a good time; $65 is a lot to pay for 30 minutes of high pitched squealing because your headphones...

Day 47 18/11/09 In the morning I had a walk around Cusco with Chris and managed to get my shoe fixed by one of the cobblers in the main square. At around midday we caught a flight to Arequipa after going out the night before I was out like a light. Arequipa is the white city of Peru as it was originally made out of white volcanic brick from Misti and the other local volcanoes. Here we watched a cheating Frenchman and Uruguay going through to the World Cup. Di...

Day 42 13/11/09 I woke up with a very sore ankle but strapped it ready for the Inca trail. We stopped in town so I could buy supplies as my leg had negated doing this the day before. From the town centre we went to the checkpoint at KM82 the start of the Inca trail. Having had our passports stamped at the entrance we got underwaay. The walking although quite sore was not too bad and I had soon eased into a rythum. Additionally, the combination of coca leave...

Day 39 10/11/09 Early the next morning we caught a bus to Cusco from where we would begin the Inca trail.We arrived in Cusco during the late afternoon. With no real time to explore the city we settled into our room before a meeting about the Inca trail and receiving our duffels.After the meeting we headed out for Janey's birthday. The restaurant we went to was just off the main square. It was brilliant! Roland had organised a private room for us and it was decor...

Day 37 8/11/09 Another early day for our tour of Lake Titicaca. We headed down to the lake on 'Tuk Tuks' though in my opinion they were rickshaws as they were not powered but who knows. As we were to spend the night at a home stay our first stop was the local market. Juber our local guide for the lake advised us that in addition to standard essentials such as wheat, sugar and rice we take with us fruit as well as it was difficult to get on the peninsula in la...