Forgot to mention in this yesterday... on our way out of the Sacsayhuaman site, there was about 10 peruvian women, in their typical dress, forming a guard of honour of selling things, 5 either side and making a tunnel to walk through. Later when we got home I came up with a great idea for the time, and since the secret of great comedy is of course...........................timing, it was way too late. If we go back however, we are going to shake hands with a few ...

So the first night at altitude was fun (this is a family blog don't worry). We went to be at about 8 (10 argentian time, and we were tired ok!!!). At about ten to one we both woke up thinking it was nearly time to get up, much was our annoyance when my stupid watch told us the truth of the matter... anyway, struggled on to sleep. I had a woeful headache, and Regina legs were cramping like crazy. At the risk of getting into too much detail, I was dreaming about wa...

So, our journey continued today towards Peru and the Inca Trail. It must have been the hottest night on record in BA and we managed to get no sleep before waking at half three to get a taxi to the airport for a flight to Lima. The flight was grand, five hours or so, got fed and slept most of the way (Regina did anyway as usual by the window seat). The views out the window were gigantic (does that work teachers???). The Andies stretched out in all directions, I sa...