Nazca lines We had yet another night bus and it wasn't to bad this time. We got off groggy but ok. As we stepped out of the bus terminal we were greeted by many people wanting to take us anywhere. When Sarah said the airport, one guy offered for two sols. We got in and and so did a travel agent, one of his friends. We arrived around the corner at a hostel. 'The airport is closed until 8,' the guy explained. This was odd since lonely planet talks of flights fro...

Colca Canyon day 2 We thoroughly enjoyed our sleep-in till 3:45am, not, where we awoke and got ready to the light of head touches. We collected some snacks and with Huno in toe we headed down to the bridge. We had to head down a few hundred meters (altitude) to cross the river and start our ascent. It took a while to reach the bottom and as Sarah changed the length of her walking poles, we realised the moon was sitting on the horizon where the hike ended, the on...

Colca Canyon Its another early morning start at 2:40am, it's weird as that's actually a sleep in compared to yesterday! We get into the bus on this Saturday to find out we are the first. It's really nice service as they gave us a poloflece blanket each, they knew we wanted to sleep. For the next hour and a bit we drove around Arequipa waiting for and picking people up. It really was an interesting way to start the day. Not many times do you see early Saturday mo...

Climbing El Misti 21-22/6 It took us a while but we found a place with people paid and ready to climb El Misti as it requires 2 or more people and Sarah was not keen. After some quick preparations and watching Miami win game 7 of the NBA finals, it's bedtime ahead of the climb. We drive to the starting point of the El Misti assent, with Sarah in the car too to take some photos and see more of Arequipa. I fill the bag with a tent, sleeping bag, roll mat, cutler...

5/6 Back in Cusco A slow and steady morning after the days of hiking the Inca trail. In the morning we caught up with Jose to get the photos he took along the trek from him. Jose would jump out and snap a quick shot, or organise all of us at the best places and also just snap interesting things. Joe was in a state and couldn't come to meet Jose one last time. He was wrecked all day. After the meeting, Laura and Joe moved down to our hostel, with one interestin...