I have been negligent! *dodges arrows and other various pointy objects lobbed in general direction*. Sorry!!!! I want to let you know that I will continue to update here - especially once I arrive in New Zealand *evil cackle*. So for now, over the next few days I will catch up on what I have managed to slack on. So. The last you heard of me was when I was in Cusco, readying myself to go on a Lares Trek (which had been shortened from 4 to 3 days due to i...

Bloody hell I MUST be ill! I'm hallucinating that the llamas have returned to haunt me and are leaving messages on this web page! RUUUUUUNNN!!! Run while you can!!!! Bought a toothbrush yesterday (YAY!). 'Tis blue and très wicked. Other than that I didn't do much. We went to a swanky(er) restaurant yesterday where we felt we could risk the salad. We haggled the price down a bit for all of us and twas very nice. We're all haggling a lot here and there...

Last night's coca tea was... leafy, for lack of a better word. Hot water and leaves. Yum.... We're having a rest day today and may be cutting our Lares Trek from 4 days to 3 to give our leader and other sickies a chance to regain their strength so we might be having another rest day tomorrow. A couple of ex-sickies are doing the acclimatisation trek today to sexy woman. I plan to buy a toothbrush. So as you can see, not much is planned for today. Good. I mi...

I should have used this pic earlier.... HI! I'm BAAAAAAACK! But knackered. Still, for all you lovable little munchkins and manky old tweed fuddy duddies I shall continue on where I left off. Machu Picchu was wicked and no, I did not fall off (`darn...' I hear you mutter). I ran off by myself (which I probably shouldn't have done) but I wanted to explore! I discovered that between two boulders there was a pillow and some vegetation set out like a bed. T...

Hey everyone! Don't have much time (I've been sitting around answering e-mails... sigh) so I'll be brief. We spent the night in Ollantaytambo but there weren't enough bed so I kipped on the floor. That morning we caught a train to Aguas Calientes (about 2 hrs and VERY nice) and pretty much had a rest. We browsed the market and a few of us (me included) went food shopping - we're fed up with crackers. We got LOADSA veg and had a feast that night with about ...