So after the nasty flight we arrived in Mexico City at 6.30am!!! We had about 4 hours sleep - we got to our hotel and caught up on a bit more!!!! We headed out about 11am grabbed some lunch which was delicious!!! The buildings in Mexico Icty are lovely kind of like being in Paris but slighty dirty looking!!!! We then deiced to catch the tourist bus to get a look around the city. The bus took us to most fo the surburbs - including all the parks!! this city is...

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...