Today I took a touristy bus from Cusco to Puno, I think I was the youngest person on it :) and we all had to wear bright green tourismo VIP badges :-s but the lunch was worth it :-D It stopped at 4 places, the American cistine chapel, another Inka Ruin village, the highest point in Peru and a pre Inka village and church. It was all very interesting to see, felt like I was going back in time to Puno. When I arrived in Puno, the taxi driver spent 30mins looking f...

Today was the yearly festival of the saints, it's a public holiday for the locals, so lots of music, dancing, food and people!! There are 15 saints they worship, both Catholic and Mother Earth. The day was started by the priest giving a service outside the Cathedral with his choir on microphones. Then each saint is carried around the square followed by its marching band and dancers then preachers. There are so many people in this place that literally all you can...

Before leaving Machu Picchu we arranged to meet in the Centre playa de Armas, by the fountain at 11, as Antonio, our guide said he would give us a tour around the city and in the markets. There is a big festival in the city tomorrow, there was a pre-festival parade going on, where the locals carry all the saints they worship to the cathedral in the city centre! Each saint seemed to have its own marching band and even dancers if it was lucky. We walked through t...

Day Four of The Inka Jungle Trek The alarm went off at 3.50am as the girls in my dorm were walking up the steps, all 2002 of them with the rest of the group! Me and the tour guide were getting the bus :-) we had to start queueing at 4.40am for the first bus at 5.30am. We passed the group on the way up, they did well bless them in an hour and 40mins, rather them than me!! The bus ticket was arranged by my tour operators as an energy conservation for me :-) I rea...

Inka Jungle Trek Day Three... We started the day with 5 ziplines that covered 2.5km, spreading across the valley and over the river at heights of approximately 250m and speeds of 50kph!! It definitely got the adrenaline pumping... Doing spread eagle, superman and upside down!! I'll upload the video when I figure out how to :-) There was also a canopy suspension bridge over the trees which was pretty hairy, especially when you had to unclip your harness to move ...