The Inka Trail..........this was the treck that our hole trip had been based around, Machu Pichu being somewhere that steve has always wanted to visit and we made it!!We started on Thursday morning and took a bus out to Kilometer 82. We were the youngest in our group with the average being about mid 40`s. We thought this was a sure sign that we would not be the ones huffing and puffing at the back. We were however unfortunatley suprised when at least half our gro...

We are still in cusco although it now only a few days before we depart along the Inca trail. I managed to get a bit of walking practice in two days ago as it is very difficult to do anything at this altitude, even rolling out of bed seems to be a struggle some days. Yesterday we walked up to an ancient Inka ruins called ?sexywoman? wher they were holding the yearly sun god festival. I think the whole of cusco had walked up the hill as it was rammed with tourists ...

Here we are in the home of the Incas.........Cusco, Peru. Unfortunatley the Internet has been awful and also due to the fact that we?ve partied too much I haven?t had time to write any blogs. So here is a quick update............From Sucre we took a bus to La Paz but almost froze to death on the way. Anything and everything was placed on our bus including dead goats and families of 10 who?d only booked two seats and would then give you the children that couldn?t ...

It`s race day here in Sucre, Bolivia. We came to the capital yesterday and it just so happens to be the annual South American rally here. Most of the roads are closed so you can`t go anywhere but the atmosphere is great. Cars and bikes come thundering through the main square which is rammed full of people and screech round the corners narrowly missing the spectators before roaring back out the square. The cars aren`t so bad as they are racing against time but the...

Well after seeing one of the most beautiful natural wonders in the world at the salt planes we were now in for one of our worst experiences in the Potosi mines. I thought Bungee jumping was the worst experience I`d ever had but the thought of throwing myself off a tall building with a bit of string tied to my legs is much more appealing than going down that mine again, and we didn`t have to work down it every day.We started off the trip by getting kitted out in o...