CUSCOVery lively city with HOARDS of tourists fromall over the world, mostly Europeans, USA & Canadians. Real change fromother places we had visited but I suppose we had been spoiled to date by avoiding tourist crowds. Hotel was nice but not cheap. Spent first few days here finding out what was on offer and seeing some sights. Visited musuems, saw Inca ruins in the city, tried local foods etc. One day I took a self'made tour of INca Ruins outside the city...

PERUWe spent just over three weeks in Peru after leaving Lima.  Broadly this was split between Cordillera Blanca, Cusco area and Lake Titicaca.  Our accounts.........CORDILLERA BLANCAThis is one of the top trekking / outdoor locations in the Andes so we thought that it warranted a visit.  We caught a bus from Lima to Huaraz which is about 8 hours north east of Lima.  Fairly average bus but we managed to keep the theives at bay t...