SO on the 3rd I left Cusco, which was kinda strange as it had kind of become a home for a while. I'd met so many nice people there, and made so many good friends, only fair they get a mention. Si, an Aussie guy from Darwin to which I will stay with when I get there. John, from Dunedin in NZ, which I shall also stay with on my travels round. German, from Buenos Aeries, again, who I can stay with. Allan, another dude from Argentina. Kieran, a guy from Dublin. S...

31-12-06 NEW YEARS EVE!! - Cusco So the day started off ok, i did another cultural thing, i took a tour of the sacred valley with one of the guys from the hostel. The day was to be a long one.The tour took us all over the place, to various markets, and villages, ruins etc. The only problem we had was after doing the Inka Trail, and Machu Pichu most of the ruins were very much an anti-climax. So my advice would be to do the valley tour first as its still really in...

29-12-06 Ruins Tour Today, me and a guy called Si decided that rather than staying in the hostel we would go and see the inca ruins just outside the centre of cusco. If we took a taxi up to the furthest, we could then walk back. It was only 8km or something, plus it was mostly downhill, so it would be fine. Plus it got us out of the pit which is more commonly known as the hostel! So we went first to a place called Tambomachay, which in inca times was a holiday &q...

23-12-06 The start of the Inca Trail I had to wake at 5am this morning, as the coach was coming for me at about 6ish. Wasnt too bad getting up that early considering last night i didnt get to sleep until about 3! The bus came a little later than i expected, which gave me enough time to worry and to also contemplate going back to bed. When i got on, it was weird, i was the last pick up, so all eyes were on me. This point in the trip there were about 30 people the...

14-12-06 FIRST DAY IN S.AMERICA - LIMA, PERU Got here about 6am, and already in my taxi ride over to the hostel, the streets were stupidly busy. The taxi ride itself was defiantely a journey to remember. in Peru, most of the main highways have 3 lanes, same as the UK ones, only difference is, they squeeze 4,5 or even 6 out of them, so your travelling down a road at 60mph within a fingers length of the car next to you, then the taxi driver would suddenly change la...