Hi all Well - this is our last post from Peru. So thought I'd take a few minutes to say hello and let you know what we've been up to over the past few days. As you can see from the pics - we've been to Machu Picchu, which was lovely. Highlight of my South America trip so far - it really is an awe inspiring place - bit disappointed not to have been able to do one of the many treks on offer around here. But what with my altitude sickness and Dean's badly sprain...

Hey everyone, hope you're all keeping well. Dean here by the way, the lazy git who usually leaves these postcards to Max! Rolled into Cusco yesterday after a 6 hour bus ride from Puno....gotta love those long bus rides!! Our trip out onto Lake Titicaca was absolutely wonderful. First we went to the floating Islands of Uros, a collection of 40 villages housed on top of floating reed beds. There we met some of the inhabitants and found out about their unique li...

Hey all, Been great to hear from you - and lovely to know that we're not forgotten after all this time away. Have been seeing weather reports for the UK and we are pretty gutted to be missing a glorious summer at home. But then we quickly remind ourselves that we're not working and the green monster soon disappears. Arequipa was a lovely place to hang out for a few days - the city really is very beautiful. A white volcanic rock called sillar is used in a m...

Hola everyone. Hope you are all well and looking forward to our pending arrival (those of you in the UK anyway..) Only about 7 weeks to go In Nazca today, a dusty little town about 4 hrs drive from Lima. Went out in a light aircraft this morning to see the lines from above. The shapes and lines are completely mad - really very impressive. Enjoyed the trip despite feeling a little queasy from time to time as the planed banked very hard from right to left. I ha...

Escaped...Hurrah...... That really was a close call in Pucon and to be honest, we were getting highly suspicious of the night manager in the hotel we were staying. Night mgr basically told us that all forms of transport to Santiago incl. the local donkey / pissy bus service were canx. We decided that we'd travel to the next big town and take our chances, lo and behold ... there was no problem at all. We reckon he was either just trying to keep us in the hote...