Hola Todos, We are now actually in Ecuador but will give you a quick postcard and photos from Lima and a summary of famous Peru! We stopped off in Lima for only 2 nights and had fun walking around a very diverse city of old and new and even got a whiff of misty sea air. Many other travellers had really talked Lima down so we were not really expecting much. However our impression of this vast city was pretty positive and we enjoyed the short time were were there...

Hola amigos y familia As you can see from the updated photo album, we have just trekked the famous 4 Day Inca Trail to Machu Picchu (and this morning caught a flight to Lima). The trek was brilliant, with great weather, a great group and a great bunch of porters, cook and guide.  We imagine that the photos speak for themselves in terms of what is encountered on each day.......?  Anyway, we didn´t find the trek all that difficult but we h...

?Hola? (The following postcard is written in Spanish, so for those who can?t understand please do a search on Google for a translation website and copy and paste the below for a translation to English. Sorry, the translation won?t give you the exact word for word details but you will be able to understand the gist of it. Chris K or Anna C or Victoria B - you guys know suitable websites, maybe you can paste on to the message board?). Pues, ahora Sarah y yo aqui en...

Hola todos! Just returned from our triumphant ascent of the 5,826 metre Volcano Misti! The trek began with a climb (carrying all the required equipment of food, warm clothing and sleeping gear etc) from the start point at 3,400m to the base camp at 4,700m, a relatively easy trek of some 4 hours. I say relatively easy, as Sarah and I have been staying at altitude for more than 6 weeks now, so we are probably a little more used to the thin air. At this ...

Hola amigos y familia Now relaxing in the beautiful town of Arequipa. Actually, we have been here for the past few days. Its a cool town with many good restaurants and cafes and the base for excursions to the Colca Canyon and climbing the local volvano's. We trekked the Colca Canyon over the past three days. Basically it consists of a trek from a town called Cabanconde down in to the second deepest canyon in the world. A descent of some 3 hours. Then...