11th - 14th November 2005 The Inca Trail & Machu Picchu We have completed the Inca trail and seen Machu Picchu. We are spending the day back in Cuzco resting and sorting ourselves out. We are staying in a hostel with a veranda overlooking the city which is very nice and I spent this morning sitting there in the sun until it started raining - the weather is very changeable. Shame the hostel is also having building work done so we got woken up at 7 this m...

Hola I arrived safely in Lima and although I spent the 12 hour flight from Madrid next to a lady with a baby it actually went OK. The food was even OK apart from a completely synthetic illuminous pink cake thing which I gave a miss. My flight was a quiet one as everyone near me was either Spanish or South American and my Spanish as yet is limited to asking for a beer. Much to my relief Simon was waiting and we got a taxi to our hostel in the Miraflores...

6-10th November 2005 Well, we've now spent 4 days in Cuzco. We're probably as used to the altitude as we can be. We seem fine but things are a bit harder than at sea level, apart from getting drunk, which is easier. Cuzco is very pretty - lots of amazing churches with ornate decoration and lots of interesting paintings. The buildings are nice and colourful and the town is clean and well kept, although gets much more shabby as you move away from the mai...