I am leaving Peru this morning on my way to Galapagos Islands, via Quito, Ecuador. My time in Peru has been interesting to say the least. But I will never forget the children over here, particlarly in Cusco where from tiny babies carried on their mother's back in shawls to the little ones dressed in traditional costume, they have huge beautiful eyes and are quite special. I will also remember seeing tiny chilren standing on the side of the railway when we came ba...

Fri 22nd Felt better today so went off to explore Cusco in between being trampled on by all the demonstrators and the police. The cathedral was open but you had to knock the door and it was opened an inch. If they liked the look of you, you got in. We got in so we couldn't have looked too threatening. The cathedral in Cusco is magnificient. There are many different chapels and the main altar is quite stunning. We then went on to Saint Domingo church and convent....

I thought it couldn´t get worse. It did. Puno is at a very high altitude 3500 metres and we were warned about altitude sickness. It hit me hard or so I thought. After two days of feeling like death warmed up and staying in bed in our hotel I called the doctor to discover I have severe food poisoning. Today is Thursday and I survied a seven hour coach trip over the Andes yesterday. We went up to 4,500 metres and in between feeling a tad poorly, it was quite spect...

Monday 18th Feb Now in Lima, Peru and set off this morning for a trip to Lake Titticata, Puno, The Sacred Valley, Cuzco and M achuu Pichuu. Not had a good start to this bit of my trip as Argentina Airlines lost my luggage. They think it is in Buenos Aries but three days later and a bit fed up with wearing the same clothes (and wondering why people were avoiding me) I went to shop yesterday. So instead of seeing the sites of Lima I saw the inside of lots of chang...