A nice late start this morning...9:30am. We did have a meeting at 8:30am for an Inca Trail briefing and then another meeting at 9am to discuss what we needed to know for the coming days but we could eat breakfast at the same time so really a nice late start. This morning was taken up with a 4 hour walking tour of historical Cusco. It was amazing to see old, original Incan walls in amongst more modern (as in late 1800 and early 1900's!) buildings. Our tour inclu...

So, a 'travel' day now means a day where we explore so much of the country as we travel. Up early as it was a long trek from Puno to Cusco, with the sun barely rising across the square as we went to catch our bus. After a few hours of travel, our first stop was in Pukara, a small pre Incan town. We were lucky today as the markets are only open on Thursday's....and we were travelling through on a Thursday! After a stop in a shop for some history of the area and t...