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...

Stephanie collected me at 6:20 after a breafast of the perfectly ripe mango I got from the market the other day. So good! She explained how she had been bed ridden by flu since I had seen her, but was feeling alright now. She and Eric had gone out to dinner the night before! They were both good kids, I hope they work out! I got on my enormous double decker bus and found my seat next to a very nice lady from Vancouver and a couple from Australia. Always nice to fi...

Today I got to sleep in! A new guide, Eric, came to collect me at a leisurely hour of 9 and we set off by van about an hour in the direction of Ollyantatambo to a little town Chincero, where local women demonstrated their techniques to clean, dye, spin and weave llama wool into pounds upon pounds of items to sell to tourists. I bought a few items and we were on our way to Moras. Moras is a salt "mine" built by the Incas to take advantage of a natural spring that ...

I was up at 4:20am to brush my teeth, pack my bag, and have a Peru breakfast of pieces of fruit, buns with ham and cheese and super thick coffee it turns out you're supposed to dilute with the tea water. Hiking guide David from yesterday showed up at 4:45 and we started walking through town, along the river by the light of your cell phone flash LEDs. After turning over my ticket and passport to angry looking police at the gate, we crossed the mad, wet-season rive...