friday 1-08 had dinner at hotel,Mr Koals, a good sign that locals were eating there,asparagus soup and veggie ried rice forunder 3 pounds,beers 675 mls cienanzo cost one pound 20. went for a wander, down a street of money changers standing in the street quoting exchange rates for various currencies,better than bank rates but are the notes genuine,all shops open late great if you ewant to buy shoes as every second shop was a shoe shop, ended up in bar riconor, ...

arrived on time with luggage thanks klm.Very easy to transfer through amsterdam, read the flight board turn up at the gate. Recomend that you board early as most passengers had rucksacks and overhead luggage space is at a premium,take a pen as you need to complete an andean imigration card and customs form,also if you order a special meal you get served first. Lima airport modern ,easy to exit,through passport control first,collect baggage,foreign exchange adj...

Clothing,going for a layer approach, long sleeve wicking tshirts and base layers, marino wool tops,goretex ,fleeca and down.Taking hats for daytime and warm fleece hat for sleeping in.Other items include silk sleeping bag liner, leight weight adds 2 degrees of warmth, sarong for use as towel,wrap or as a curtain,clothesline for drying clothes. for jungle trip will use the cheap ponchos they sell in Cusco as more suited to conditions than goretex.I also purchased ...

Money. taking a mixture of us dollars traveller cheques(for emergencies as would be more difficult to cash),us dollars cash in new notes,Peruvian soles which i got from bank of scotland, minimum order is£50.00 with £5.00 home delievry charge,post offic eminimum oreder is £350. Have notified my bank re using visa card overseas for atm transactions. Have also purchased a preloaded mastercard cash passport in us dollars from fairfax fe(less fees and a better e...

PREPERATION have scanned and email copies of pasport flight details,insurance details,traveller cheques ,bank card contact numbers ,accomodation receipts to others.in the past i have found it useful.I also have photocopies of said documents, passport photos of self in case i need them and a couple of laminated copies of my passport(saves taking passport around). Registered my details on the foreign office website.