Following our 4 day walk along the Inca Trail, we arrived back in Cuzco totally shattered. We needed a rest to re-charge our batteries. After a day or two we had the strength to walk up to the local inca ruins of Sacsaywamán (or 'Sexy Woman' as we liked to call it) - in it's day is was a massive military fort perched on a hill overlooking Cuzco city. Today only about 20% of the original structure remains with some of the stones weighing hundreds of tonnes. W...

It took us 15hrs to get from Nazca to Cuzco. We opted for the 'luxury' bus so the overnight journey was pretty comfortable. Our first choice of accommodation was full so we hunted around for an alternative, stumbling across hostel Resbalosa north of the main square. We were given a very warm welcome of Coca tea (to prevent altitude sickness) on the roof terrace. Drinking our Coca tea and overlooking the city below was a great start to the day after our long j...