We awoke at 5am after a really good nights sleep (we were both knackered) and quickly got ready. We were happily surprised to find the shower had pressure this morning. Also we found that breakfast was being served which normally it wouldn't be. There was also the added bonus of crepes and eggs to supplement our bread and jam. We didn't have time to finish it all before our 6.30am bus, so made some sandwiches for the way. We walked down to the square to fi...

We awoke in the morning after an ok sleep on the bus to the sunrise over the mountains around Arequipa. We had made good time and arrived just after 5am. This meant we could catch the 6am bus to the canyon. We found the relevant company and decided to jump on board. This was a much more basic bus, full of locals and cheap. Still we set off into the mountains to Chivay, where we would have to connect. I sent a quick text to Ellie to apologise as she had reserved a...

We woke up at around 9am after a well needed sleep. Both our muscles were aching from all the walking. Our bus to Arequipa wasn't till 8pm but we had to check out at 11am. We decided to do some laundry and packed up the rest of our stuff before dropping off the laundry and going for breakfast. We went to Jacks cafe which was recommended by the book and werent disappointed. The food was good, portions huge and the juices were nice too. After finishing we headed b...

We woke up at 4.30am, after a good nights sleep and quickly got ready, so that we could catch the first bus and try and see the sunrise. After a quick breakfast of bread, butter and jam, we headed to the bus stop. There was a queue but not too long do we decided to take the bus and not walk. We managed to get on the 4th bus and made our way up the whindy road to Machu Pichu. We arrived just after 6am and made our way to the guard house which would give us the b...

After not such a good nights sleep, we woke up and prepared ourselves for our mini trip. After a quick breakfast we were picked up and transported to another bus where we met the rest of our tour group, including Luka and Valentina, who had come with us from Lima. We then headed up to the Sacred Valley towards our first stop which was the standard market to buy local crap. On the way up we passed a couple of Inka sites including 'sexy woman', the landscape w...