Areqquipa. Flying Visit I went to bed at 7pm exhausted from my travelling and walking from the bus station. This 20 bed dorm is really close to the bar...unlike the one on Cusco where it was very quiet. There is karaoke on. I know. If it had been my pool queen night last week I would have gone for it! But alas no. So I lay in bed listening to people killing loads of my favourite songs instead. These hostels for kids are great for me. It's working out pre...

Condor Spotting I have proper food poisoning!. Don't like it. And you know in some countries they don't like you flushing the toilet peper down the loo? Well Peru is one of them. I was up ALL night. If I wasn't awake with that, it was the dogs barking and the donkeys ee oying right outside my window!! I made it to 730am and I needed to wander over to the close view point for a couple of hours at least. I felt weak as a kitten but made it and sat and waited...

CabonacondeI spent all day in Chivay waiting for my 2pm bus to Cabonaconde. I had breakfast, then went back to bed till 1030, then ate an alpaca (llama) sandwich which was delicious. Red meat but much softer and very yummy. But I think that gave me food poisoning so ate nothing else after that until I got to my hostel La Casa De Santiago. The bus ride was 3 hours with no toilet. Need I say more?I'm now figuring out the best way to see the condors in the mornin...

Moving on from CuscoI have spent 2 weeks based in Cusco and I have now packed up all my bits (extra unneeded things have been allowed to be kept in storage) and am moving on. I'm on a very rickety old minibus (compared to the luxury 2 story one with a toilet I was expecting). The driver is a nutter and is overtaking everything despite then having to do an emergency stop for every speed bump every 500m! I'm being shoved from side to side while trying to write t...

The Pedicure I'm off to Colka Canyon next. A canyon twice as deep as the Grand Canyon where I hope to see a close up view of condors with a 3m wing span rising up on the morning thermals. I hoped to leave on wed but there is no bus until Thu so I'm in Cusco 2 more days instead of 1.My legs are as stiff as old boots! I did nothing all day except research buses and accommodation for my next phase, write and sort out my photos for my blog. I even (nearly) uploa...