Thursday 15th November - Hello everyone, just a really quick blog note to say that after travelling all day, had to fly via Santiago in Chile because of the One World Alliance partner here is LAN, finally arrived in Rio De Janeiro. Its about 9pm and just got to my small hotel which is right in the centre of Rio in a district called St Theresa.Its a hilly place between sugar loaf mountain and the big statue of Christ. Although at this time of night I cant see anyt...

I knew I had overdone it! One day I will finally get the habit of remembering exactly how old I really am, its a bit like how many days in the month, I still cant get that right neither. Monday the 12th - I managed to get out of bed by pulling myself out using a combination of my extremely large arm muscles (yeh like!) and the bedside cabinet. The day was spent hobbling around Cusco. I am staying in a really nice bohemian type area called San Blas, it really is...

Sunday 11th November - trip to Machu Picchu What a day and experiences! Up a 5.00am to catch the Vistadome train from Cusci to Aguas Calientes, the village at the bottom of Machu Picchu. Took 3.5 hours each way. nice train with galss roof so you could see all the canyon views and also free meals and drinks! Got the Aguas Calientes, then onto a horror min bus ride whihc goes on a dirt track zig zagging for 8km up the mountian to get to the site entrance. No mat...

Took the Inca Express being a guided coach tour between Puno and Cusco as it stopped every 2 hours to look at Inca ruins along the way. A nice way to break up what is a 7/8 hour trip whether you go by coach or train. I was the only english speaking person on the coach, if you count Devonian as an english dialect. So, I got a personal explaination of each place. Got to Cusco on 7th November and checked into a decent hotel for a change. This place is really busy ...

Puno - 6th November Arrived late on the 5th and managed to catch the tail end of "Puno week" being a large festival for people of the surrounding area of Lake Titicaca. Lots of street dancing and music and costumes. Got some video clips on my little camera, but its damn hard enough to upload pictures from these poor internet connections so god knows how long it will take for video. I will try and if I get it on I will consider myself an IT guru! Met ...