I wasn't sure how excited i would be about Machu Picchu after the trek, i know its meant to be the goal, but i had such an amazing time on the trek and the camping and we had seen Pisac and Ollantaytambo ruins so i wasn't sure how blown away i would be. But i needn't have worried because you can't compare it to anything else, it really is unbelievable. It is a lot bigger than i had thought, and amazingly still very much in tact, it was so much easier to pic...

We were up at 5 to get an early start, we knew it was going to be 9 hours of walking, but the day before had been fantastic and other the headache i hadn't found the altitude bad at all. Day 2 was a different story, we could take no more than a few paces before we felt exhausted, the air was very cold and thin so even the most gradual path was hard going, and it was all up hill for 6 hours to make it to the pass! Thankfully the views were equally spectacular wit...

We began a gradual climb uphill from the valley. The Scenery was amazing with the andean locals huts and Lamas and Alpacas wandering along side. It was very hot and sunny, and we took lots of breaks and at around 3.30pm we got to the top for that day- the views were stunning, we had mountains all around us and we could see the glacier and we wee looking down on two of the most beautiful lakes with Andean geese and rabbits everywhere. To Claires great relief it wa...

Well im back in Cusco after quite possibly the best week of this trip so far! The trek was absolutely amazing, so despite feeling slightly exhausted and sleep deprived i'm still on a high about it all, so this is likely to be too long and too detailed, so feel free to scroll on if you get bored!!! Our trek group had 8 of us in total which was fantastic because we all got on really well, we had a couple from Australia ( although the guy was in fact dutc...