Buenos Tardes, Since arriving on our 15 hour bus/hike we have spent a few great days in Cusco which is a brilliant ancient Inca City. The architecture is amazing and it is a great place to wander around. Our arrival coincided with the lead up to the biggest festival of the year in the city. Every day saw street parades, fire crackers and a free concert in the square. (We missed the actual festival day due to being on the trek). We watched the British Lions Rugb...

Where to begin.... Here´s some background. The Peruvian Government have announced a very controversial plan to sell part of the Amazon Rainforest to a multinational company. When some local Indigineous people protested in Northern Peru, they were shot dead by the police!! People are not happy and as we are now discovering, Cusco and it´s surrounding areas is a very politically active place. To protest against the government, a blockade of all roads leading...

Buenos Dias, We are nursing sore calve muscles after our wonderful three day trek in the Canon de Colca (second deepest canyon in the world although new testing may have revealed it to be the deepest). It was quite breathtaking scenery on a massive scale. It reminded us in some ways of the Austrian Alps and the chance to stay in the small villages we passed through and try such delicacies as cactus fruits and various herbal teas was memorable. Our first day inv...

Hola, This is just a quick note to let you know that the blog should now be up and running and we have put a whole load of photos for you to look at on their. Since we last wrote, we flew to Lima and were able to get tickets to the World Cup Qualifyer, Ecuador v Peru. Fantastic game with Ecuador (who we were supporting, having just had 19 wonderful days there!) winning 2-1. The atmosphere was great and Peru (who seemed used to defeat!) took it very well.....n...