After going to bed early we woke up quite early too. We felt quite lazy so lounged in bed for a while. We then went down for breakfast which was the standard bread, butter and jam but also the exciting edition of guacamole. I took some but was disturbed to find a small worm in it. This totally put Shivani off her food, and coupled with the uncomfortable bed, put her off the hostel. We then got ready and waited for Alberto to come to organise our trip to Arequipa...

We woke up at 7.30am this morning to get ready for our flight to Cuzco. We quickly packed up and went for breakfast. During this Didi called and we had a quick skype finding out Rohan was ill with foot and mouth. We were worried but Umang said he would be fine and it was nothing to worry about. We then had to end the call as our cab came. We went to the airport with Luka and Valentina, a Slovienian couple who were heading to Cuzco too. We checked in and had to w...

After a good nights sleep thanks to the amazing silicon earplugs, we got a knock from Ellie (it was her birthday) who said they were going to take a drive down the coast to a small fishing village organised by Francis the hostel owner. We decided we would go too and after getting ready and having a quick breakfast we jumped in Francis's Land Rover and headed off down the coast. It was a 60km drive south along the motorway. On the way we stopped at a roadsi...

After a good nights sleep we got up and had a breakfast of bread, butter, and jam with coffee. Having done some research we decided it would be good to stay in Lima an extra night and fly to Cuzco rather than take the long bus journey. This also meant missing out Nacsa but we thought it was worth the sacrifice. For today we decided to go to central Lima to see the sights. There was the changing of the guard at 11.45am and a free walking tour at 12.30pm...