Just returned from a 5 day trek via Salcantaya Mountain and Machu picchu Inca ruins- one of the more physically challenging things I've attempted in my life..we trekked just over 76 km´s through arid mountains, jungle, rivers..in hot and cold, uphill and downhill ...and up to an altitude of 4600 metres just near Salcantaya mountain.According to our guide, Salcantaya has never been conquered by climbers however I recently discovered ...

Arrived in Cusco from Copacapana,Bolivia today after 12 hour bus ride- complete with accompanying dead animal carcasses and peruvian vendors trying to sell us everything but the kitchen sink at each pit stop. Cusco is an impressively modern city, scattered with dozens of eye catching architectural structures ( churches, Inca museums etc) and riddled with good eateries/ pubs etc. It's also the base for arranging every tour under the sun so we{re headed fo...