Puno, Lake Titicaca, Arequipa and Colca Canyon… the one where we marched right down to the bottom of the hill and then marched right back again. We've done a lot of travelling this week as it was our last week in Peru, and it definitely felt good to be out of Cuzco. We started by taking 'one of the great rail journeys in the world' - from Cuzco to Puno on the Andean Explorer. The rail network in Peru was taken over by Orient Express a few years ago, and they h...

The first thing I noticed when we got to KM 82 (the start of the modern day inca trail) was a Peru Rail train taking lots of cosy warm and sensible tourists to see the ancient ruins at Maccupicchu, and I swear they looked smug.... Our tour guide, Eddy, named us Pachamama group (named after mother earth) - as well as Jon and I, there were 7 Australians travelling together, 5 Irish girls travelling together, a girl from NY, and 21 Chaskis. Chaski's (which means me...

So after a brief stay in Lima (staying in an airport hostel, and seeing a couple of factories and a massive jail) we arrived in Cuzco on Wednesday morning. Cuzco is about 3,500m above sea level and whilst neither of us got particularly bad altitude sickness we woke up with pounding hangovers, but without the night out beforehand. Did a guided tour round the Sacred Valley - 45mins per sacred Inca spot then back onto the bus. But was very interesting. I ended up ...