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...

I've made progress :) I felt so much better this evening, after a very wobbly morning, I managed steak and a few chips for dinner :-) with two random Swedish, or German, nah Swedish, but not your stereotypical. They liked to say 'oh s*#t' in response to everything. I had another little outting at lunch, back to the main square and found a loverly little juice bar/cafe that cooked me plain chicken, although they first brought me plain cheese, as that's what she ...

Sorry I haven't put anything on here the last couple of days, lets just say I know how to do things in style :-) Since I left the UK I haven't quite felt right, but I put it down to nerves! Turns out I brought D&V with me! I managed to get my flight to Cusco, well that's a story in its self!! At check-in they only had two out of ten desks open for all their flights, and after queueing for an hour and 20mins, I got to the desk 2mins past closing time! Luckily...