We flew into Puerto Maldonado and were met by the Eco bus...a nifty contraption that was supposed to be a moving vehicle, but was slightly more of a death trap on wheels. We were taken to the port and piled into a canoe to take us upriver to the lodge. We were in two bed bungalows on stilts, with a seperate area for chilling out in hammocks...cozy! After lunch (which was served in a leaf), we piled into the canoe to go across to Monkey Island, which every...

Today, we got up early for our tour of the Sacred Valley...we visited a few different places, including some more Inca ruins (we're nearly Inca-ed out), a llama and alpaca farm (included one alpaca that looks like Nat's dog Jessie when she hasn't had a haircut), Pisac market for more souvenirs, we visited a "chicha" place, which is a drink made out of fermented corn, and saw some guinea pigs awaiting their fate there too (in Peru, roasted guinea pig is a favoured...

Day 1: Woke up this morning feeling very ill and nervous...four days of walking has never been my idea of a great time...however, the Inca Trail is something I've wanted to do for a long time and youth, if nothing else, is on my side, so here goes. We got a bus to a town just before the start of the Inca Trail to buy last minute snacks, walking sticks and water, before reaching the first checkpoint and the starting point of the Inca Trail at KM 82 arund 9am. W...

OUr flight to Cuzco this morning was delayed and due to a severe lack of tvs in Lima airport, there wasn't a chance in hell of us seeing the FA Cup final, and had to ait til we landed to learn that the Reds had won...news travels faster from Australia it seems, as we received confirmation of the win from our contacts there before Shazzer (Nat's mum) got word through! We got to our hotel, then had our orientation walk through the town, stopping for lunch and ...

We arrived in Lima last night, took the "recommended by Lonely Planet" bus to our hotel (have gone up in the world from hostels) and arrived about 2 hours later due to the crazy bus driver going the long way around Lima...wouldn't have minded but it's not that scenic through all the smog! Becky then tried to order us takeaway pizza from reception...the kind bloke there phoned Pizza Hut and tried to order us a large Ham and pineapple, but Pizza Hut were havin...