Machu Picchu and The Sacred Valley Machu Picchu and The Sacred Valley- DONE! We started our organised tour through 'The Sacred Valley' on Sunday 29th March at 8.00am. Our first stop was Pisaq, an archaeological park and a small town home to 9,000 inhabitants. Our tour guide was called **** he was extremely informative throughout the day and spoke fantastic English...thank goodness because our Spanish is useless! He explained to us that the native language in Pe...

Huacachina and Cusco After over 24 hours of travelling, Lou's i-pod stolen and swollen ogre feet... once again, we finally pulled into Ica where we grabbed a little yellow toy car taxi to Huacachina. Arriving in the dark made it difficult to make a judgement, however in the daylight, the beautiful natural oasis glistened under the sun. The water wasn't the most inviting, but it is the heart of this very small community and surrounded by natural palm trees and sa...

Swollen tootsies, vivid dreams and asking Crush his age The 20 hour bus journey north to Mancora had some totally classic llama giggles 1. Daisy screamed out loud in the midst of a nightmare, panicking everyone on the bus and the language barrier proved hard in explaining that it was only a nightmare and all was okay. 2. Leaning over Lou to get into my seat, I heard my trousers rip right on the crotch which I think people thought was either a fart or some kind o...

The adventure begins... Touchdown in Peru's capital city- Lima. After being greeted by our taxi man in arrivals, we took our first steps outside. The warm air and familiar stuffy city smell engulfed us, adding serious volume to our already frizzy plane hair- we were in definite need of a shower! The piercing noise of the car horns played their own orchestral tune during the 40 minute journey to the hostel- '1900 Backpackers'. Designed by Gustav Eiffel, the host...