Hi all!? Arrived in Cusco on the 23.04.07 so were digging deep in the memory banks for this one!

?Cusco is known as the Inca?s naval of the world and this is evident from first arrival.? The city is built on original Inca footings and there are many, many Inca sites to visit in a very small area including the Sacred Valley and of course Machu Picchu.? Cusco is also only a 30 minute plane ride from the begining of the Amazonian jungle so there is plenty to do.? So the first thing we did was visit Paddy Flannigans the highest owned Irish pub in the world, of course we took little Tel (check out the photo?s) due to the altitude (3500m) we needed tim and beer to help with the adjustment.? The next day with hangovers we discovered that Cusco was no sleepy town!? Packed with tourists and tour agencies you can do any kind of trip or activity inaginable, we opted for white water rafting which was totally awsome!? Emma was totally terffified before hand as we would be doing class 3 rapids (highest is 5!) and Peru has quite a loose grip on health and safety.? She was delighted to discover the only seat available was at the front of thr raft.? All?s well that ends well and we both cant wait to get up to some 4 and 5?s!? Even on the river you can see Inca burial sites and pre Inca ruins, totally amazing.??

Cusco has a very lively night life which goes on until late morning in some club?s.? So much for loosing weight, with the amount of free Pisco Sour drinks around and the great food we are finding it hard to move on...decided for a drastic change and off to the jungle on the 26th.