26th DecemberI was somewhat sad to be leaving Cusco behind. The little city had been our starting point for The Inca Trail to Macchu Picchu and the gateway to our trip to the Amazon. There wasn't really any bad parts of our stay in Cusco. The romantic within me was about to be heavily dissapointed. We checked out of our hostel and the receptionist forgot to charge us for half of our stay, so things were still going great but just building towards a bigger down fa...

20th December Amazon time!! We left our hostel for a few days to venture into the Peruvian Amazon basin. I'd been amazed by the Amazon since being 5 or 6 years old & seeing David Attenbourgh explore it. The idea of the jungle is just captivating to me. Miles and miles of tropical trees and plants surrounded by the greatest variety of nature found anywhere on this planet! Seems strange to me that anyone wouldn't want to see all of this. We'd wanted ...

13th December We were up by 5:30am, all the hiking would start stupid early. We left the hostel and it's comfy beds, proper toilets and hot water behind. We headed for km82, the official starting point of The Inca Trail. It's 82km away from Cusco and 45km from Macchu Picchu. There are 3 routes to the famous Inca city. The shortest is around 10km and follows the river all the way. The Inca's traveled this way when rushed or on business. The 2nd is our route,...

December 9th Faced with a 14hr overnight bus journey we'd opted for Cruz Del Sur buses again. 35 quid for 14hrs and in supreme comfort ain't bad. Jen Slept I just drifted in and out. The distance isn't that bad, but due to the way Peru is spread it's the altitude and winding hills that make it so slow, not that the drivers don't try to overtake on every hairpin bend with a sheer drop of 3000m to certain death and a good spot on the BBC news. The chairs are twi...

8th December Wake up early in our weird smelling room, Jen showered first and managed to give herself quite a nasty electric shock when turning off the hot water, sooo I decided I could wait till later. We were picked up at 8am for our tour. The lady at check in had been very adamant we shouldn't eat and as much as this disagreed with my stomach I figured she'd know best.The weather was nice and clear so I was pretty revved up for seeing the ancient images. At...