So the bad weather definitely didn't ruin our night, rain, hail & shine we still hit up Cuzco town. Our hotel is so close to the main square so there was no point catching taxis so we all hit the town wearing ponchos!!! You can just picture how hot we looked!!! First we went to Paddys for happy hour & met up with the other group only going until La Paz. It was happy hour which every pub in Cuzco has different times so you could literally go from bar t...

We had an eventful and drunken night for the girls and me playing mama Cass. Jessie-Mae and Laura ended being sick after trying to keep up with Ariel (the Yankee) drinking shots which are more like 7 in one go. So I stayed back to make sure they were ok while a handful went out in Arequipa. Sounded like an intense night with Ariel trying to jump into one of the fountains that were lit up with green lights but the policeman sternly warned her against it. A stray d...

Was so good to sleep in and at lunch time we set off for Puerto Inka. Along the way we stopped at Chauchilla Cemetery where you can see some Inca mummy's in their tombs. They had their organs, eyes and tongues removed before burial to help with the mummification process then buried in a seated position facing the sun along with other offerings such as pottery. It was very interesting to see them and a little creepy too as they still had hair and there was a cou...

Absolutely amazed with Parque de la Reserva (the park with the fountains). Was such a scary adventure going there by myself, unable to speak much Spanish and taxi to/from dropping me in the wrong spot, having to barter prices and thought I was being kidnapped on the way home but all was ok and so worth it when I saw the fountains with the coloured lights and lasers!! Next day I had to check out of my hotel room and meet my new roomie. So excited and anxious. I ...

Lima is both very beautiful and very dirty, I was glad to have a guide to show me around the city. His name was Pedro and he's a local from Lima who studied American English at university so he was easy to understand. He showed me around all the parts I hadn't yet discovered or had been a little wary to explore on my own. He showed me a pedestrian boulevard just behind my hotel which is always busy and very safe to walk and much prettier than the street I had bee...