¡Hola a todos! I preface yet another entry with the notification that this is my second blog-post of the day and that both follow hot on the heels of a post that I put up yesterday – just for those of you that I am sure continue to read each and every entry devoutly. Onward and upward! The morning of my birthday dawned mellow and clear, full of promise for the hours ahead. Our group had convinced the guides that it was a worthwhile sacrifice to wake up extra...

¡Hola a todos! Fresh from the excitement of attending ‘Inti Raymi’ I bid a fond and temporary adieu to Cam and Seb, before wandering over to my hotel for the night, part of my Inca Trail package. It was here that I was due to meet our tour leader and the rest of my group in a swift briefing that would prepare us for the trek ahead. I checked into the hotel a little ahead of time, so as to settle myself in my room and pick out some of the gear that I thought...

¡Hola a todos! Cusco has thus-far proven itself a city of startling contrasts, quite capable of dismaying and delighting in equal measure. It has become quite a normal, daily occurence for me to stroll from my hostal down into the bustling heart of the city centre, solicited for anything from massages to drugs of all kinds and even sex. In each case I am to be the paying client of course and every instance needles me afresh, sometimes infuriating me (no, I do n...

¡Hola a todos! “What is this?”, I hear you all ask, “a third blog of the day – surely not!”. Alas, I am so far behind in my blogging, so eaten up with guilt and shame for having allowed myself to fall this far, that this is precisely a third blog of the day, although – as ever – when these little gems will actually make it into the aether of the worldwide web is anyone’s guess. This blog should at least, in hopeful theory, bring us as far as Cus...

¡Hola a todos! I should precede this blog by advising everyone that it is the second of the day: I finally find myself with ample opportunity to catch up on some much-needed writing! Cam and I travelled to the Colca Canyon on an overnight bus, arriving in the nearest settlement to the head of the main trail down into the gaping abyss in the early hours of the morning: such transportation, never comfortable, is at least a clever way of saving on a night’s acc...