Today we set off at 600 after the usual hotel buffet breakfast. I opted to finish my passion fruit and sweet cucumber fruit because they were going to go off. The bus headed back into Chivay to cross the Colca River and we headed back down the other side. The road quickly degraded into a mess of potholes, fallen rocks and finally just unmaintained gravel. We passed through several tiny towns and passed into an area of pre-Incan terracing. The whole valley below u...

Today I woke at 530 and noticed the music from the discoteque next door was still going. Peruvians know how to party! I grabbed a quick bite for breakfast and was picked up at 610. We set off out of the city in the 15 passenger van, while I tried to nap best I could. As we drove up and up into the highlands, the scenery once more got desolate with scrubland and imposing looking mountains as far as they eye can see. We stopped for banos and I got to pet a 2 day ol...

Today I woke at 530 and noticed the music from the discoteque next door was still going. Peruvians know how to party! I grabbed a quick bite for breakfast and was picked up at 610. We set off out of the city in the 15 passenger van, while I tried to nap best I could. As we drove up and up into the highlands, the scenery once more got desolate with scrubland and imposing looking mountains as far as they eye can see. We stopped for banos and I got to pet a 2 day ol...