Temperature: 15C to 23C Highlights: Aguas Calientes is the last stop before Machu Picchu and has some interesting hot pools with Bob Marley crooning in the background. There is only one way to greet a 6am Pisco Sour heavy morning, and that is with a mystically cloudy view of Machu Picchu. After our morning tour we hiked up the treacherous Huayna Picchu (not for those who don't like heights), to arrive at the most precariously built complex, a haven for base j...

Temperature: 10C to 25C, rain and sunshine Highlights: We arrived in Cuzco at 4AM in the morning in the driving rain to meet a man named Oswaldo. He kindly took us to his campground in the centre (Plaza de Armas). Alpaca Cordon Blue (Steve) is a popular dish, made from some Andean camel and is really quite....errr.... special. Local popcorn and Trout ceviche fare some of the best in the world here. Cuzco is a really colourful place and offers everything from gr...

Temperature: 10C - 23C, no heater and hot water Highlights: After the animated bus journey where some 60 year old Gringo passengers nearly killed all of us by kicking down the bus drivers door and insulting the stewardess all because the air con wasn't cold enough. We arrived in Puno just in time for the Sunday market, where you can find everything from lamb heads to coco leaves to guinea pigs for dinner. We toured Lago Titicaca (55000 metres above sea level, a...

Temperature : anywhere between 15C and 50C, as dry as it three cream crackers with no water Highlights: Our first proper bus journey (20 hours) was a lot of fun (Pat and Chips, what bus did you go on?), they even play bingo on the bus. After having crossed the border in Arica we arrived at the arm pit of the world, Tacna (Peru). Within 60 seconds of getting of the bus we came across our first scam: While one trickster distracted us offering a 10 dollar note, hi...