Back from the Inca Trail we had a day in Cusco to recover.This involved a lovely day mooching around the shops and markets with Nicole my best buddy on tour. In keeping with Peruvin tradition, we tried the local delicacy for lunch - yep we ate a guinea pig!! It came I would guess roasted, and already cut into pieces consisting of the head (with teeth prominently showing), and the body in 4 easy to eat portions. After we had taken the obligatory tourist phot...

New Year's Eve - we are in Puno on the shores of Lake Titicaca, our first stop in Peru. We had a nice dinner, and I tried alpaca this time it's much tastier then llama ; ) Saw in 2013 in one of the plazas surrounded by fireworks, so really lovely. New Year's Day and we are off to stay on Lake Titicaca, the highest navigable lake in the world. We caught rickshaws to the port and bought gifts of flour, rice, sugar etc for our host families. En route to our home f...