first vew was from mountains opposite we hiked a little used inca trail;cutting our way through the vegetation and was rewarded when the clouds lifted and saw machu pichua exposed;the next time was arriving at the sun gate and looking down on the cityas this was late afternoon the site was empty to wander aroundcontrast this with this morning ; fourteen us dollars for retutn bus trip; horads of tourists and constant chatter of guides the paying thirteen soles for...

was with integral alnd of the incas; great service and given wake up drink at SIX OCLOCK;cooked breakfast ;three cousre lunch and sncak at !&:·=;three course dinner at seven oclock;apologies this keyboard is wonky;waking is tough on these stone steps ;often is a a ( hour day;down hills are akiller; use a walking pole; can rent local but these ahve broken for some of our group;wether is warm days and cold nights; but during the day it gets misty and cold on t...

mon 11th. syated the night at the campsite at km 82, cross the bridge and walk for about 1 mile,downside is that you have to take all your luggage as the porters willl be joining us tommorrow, campsite tents are north face under thatched igloo buildings means warm and dry, campsite has western toilets and showers,located beside the river and train line food was amazing, welcome snack of roasted corn cracker and coca tea diner of vegetable soup,roast aubergene...

in the sacred valley,difficult to add to what others have said about the scale and majesty of these places, Pisac market is now open 7 days a week with prices once abit of haggling is done is cheaper than cusco and lima

in cuzo, took flights, arequipa-juliaca-cusco total time of 1 hour 30 minutes,arequipa airport has cafeteria,shops before passport control, after passport control only toilets and a shop, you have to pay airport tax 3.5 us dollars or 10.18 soles for domestic flight they attach this receipt to your boarding pass.no catering on these flights, tip sit on the right side as our pilot decided to give us a close up view over el misti the active volcano,cusco airport eas...