Todays the day I go to Matchu Picchu! I get up and pack everything ready for today, putting my main bag into storage here at the hotel and taking my new day bag over to the queue line. I'm there at 4.45am, the sun hasn't yet risen and its a bit chilly. The queue is already very long and it takes an hour to get to the front of the queue whilst the sun rises. The bus zig zags up the side of the mountain for half an hour and eventually I reach the entrance by 6.15am...

Today I wake up at 6.15am and get up and pack up my washing which has dried overnight and everything else ready for todays adventure. Joep, Caroline and I sit back at the table where we had our beer together last night. The only table in this beautiful little garden. There are palm trees, a banana tree, and a beautiful red hibiscus tree. We are invited upstairs to the breakfast room where there are boiled eggs and bread and jams and fruit juice and tea. We wait a...