What an amazing day. Started with gun fire at 6am which frightened the life out of us but now we are awake we might as well start the day. At breakfast Marcial says that the gunfire is a tradition because it's Friday and the army form in the square and fire off a few rounds. Good to know. Today we are leaving Cusco to travel through the Sacred Valley to Urubamba. We are in our small bus but still with heaps of room and we only have backpacks for luggage for our...

Today started slowly. Went up to breakfast and found 4 of our group looking a little bit pale. Interesting night with Anne requiring oxygen a couple of themessage and Jacquie feeling nauseous. A decision is made to delay our tour until the afternoon to give everyone more time to rest. We are feeling a bit better. I have a headache and we did have a restless night but we are I think better off than some. With the morning free we head out to explore Cusco. Cusco ...

Early morning, drizzly and cool. Flying out of Lima this morning at 9.14am.he drive to the airport was entertaining, scary but thankfully in eventful. The traffic is chaotic. Noone obeys the traffic lights or police and have little regard for anyone or anything else. We made it safely and in time, the driver got a round of applause in appreciation. It's a 1 hour flight to Cusco and it's a very busy route. Our hotel is right in the town centre of Cusco so very ...

Lima After breakfast in the hotel we meet with Marciel at 8.30am to discuss the day's activities. We meet our fellow travellers. We are a group of 8 which is pretty awesome. 2 couples from Brisbane, 1 couple from Sydney and us. At 9am we board our bus for a city tour with local guide Alberto. Miraflores where we are staying was once the most affluent part of the city but nowadays is more of a commercial centre. After breakfast enjoy a city tour and visit key ...

Airport Hopping Very early start on Monday 3rd June by everyone to get us to the airport to start our journey to Lima Peru. I am writing this while sitting waiting for the last leg of our journey. We are in Santiago Chile. The airport is surrounded by snow capped mountains, quite a spectacular setting. We departed Brisbane at 8.45am Monday, departed Auckland at 6.20pm Monday and now after crossing the international date line Its 2.50pm and still Monday. By the...