8th July 2013 - free day in cusco . We got up and went to the store to by bread and ham and cheese fie breakfast. The driver picked us up from hotel to go horse riding. It was interesting as we went in his own car. Then picked up guide, he wAs a nice peruvian man who also knew the inca language Quechuan We arrived at the horses just standing around with no fences and the owner walked over to th e horses and caught the three. The saddles were very basic but then...

7th July 2013 - up early as we are heading to Machu Picchu ! Dressed in our matching Alpaca Jumpers and walked to the train station. Train left at 7:45am. It has big window even in the roof so you can enjoy the view. They served us a snack of banana chips and tea as we went along. Went arrived at the town in the valley below machu Picchu around 10am and then walked over to catch the smaller tourists buses up the hill to Machu Picchu. It was a 30 min hair raising ...

5th July 2013- breakfast at the lodge before packing and taking the boat up stream for 2 hours back to the town of puerto Maldonado. We saw some large shifters along the river bank and these were used to pan for gold out of the river. Back in town it was back on the bus to the lodge office to pick up our main luggage before off to the airport. Sampled some brazil nuts that are grown locally in the region and one of the main exports of the city. They were deliciou...