On the 12th we all fly back to Lima. That afternoon we had a lovely wander around the area we stayed in called Miraflores. We wandered around the Churches and the Inca market streets. Neen headed off to see some more ruins and Eithne and jacqui did some shoe and handbag shopping That night we met up with most of the tour group and headed off out for a final dinner together. We had a lovely dinner near the pyramid ruins in Lima. On the 13th we checked out t...

Well after the long tiring journey and the 42km hike!!!!! Jacqui and I had a lazy day. Neen went out with his mum at 3pm for a wander - Jacqui still wasn't feeling 100% That night we all went off to Rosie O Grady's for some pyb food and beer On the 10th the rest of the gang headed off to the Jungle as part of their trip and we moved on to a Boutique hotel in the historic quarter of Cusco!!! Beautiful. Again Jacqui just chilled out in the room and Neen and ...

And so the final day came - we got up at 4am and left camp by 5. We had to wait in line to get on the trail until 5.30am and then it was an hour walk a bit in the dark to the Sun gate to get our first sight of Machu Picchu. The walk was OK - a little scary in the dark as it was a long way down. Jacqui was not feeling too bad but not the best: More pills from Roberto to see her through the day It is hard to explain the feeling when you see Machu Picchu. Jac...

Well the day finally arrived day one of the Inca Trail. We started at 8am and took an hour bus ride to the starting point KM 82. There are only two ways into Machu Picchu - walking in or catching the train. Today we start at km 82 on the train track into Machu Picchu - we got our passpots stamped at the checkpoint and headed on in. We havea big group altogether - there are our two guides Roberto and Consuela, 19 porters carrying our stuff, 2 chefs and 1 waiter an...

Our bus picked us up at 8 am this morning and our tour leader Jose was not very well so off we went with Roberto and his driver. Neither Neen or I had the best nights sleep as our room was like the artic!! Neen slept in the sleeping bag!!!We got to see Cusco from the hill above it and it is surrounded by large mountains. We then headed down towards the Sacred valley which is a lush agricultural region. We visited a project supported by GAP our tour company whi...