Hello once again. You are in for a blog updating bonanza today, with both Jordan and myself providing you with an entry. However, before I dive into the update, I just want to quickly mention that the L button on this keyboard is less reliable than the London Underground, so some words may be missing an L. Our next destination after Puno was the hugely historic city of Cusco. This city is probably has more cultural importance than anywhere else in Sou...

A Late entry from a while bk... Finally we get to leave Arequipa after hospitalisation and general madness but progress is on the horizon and a bus to puno is the plan! We managed to jump on a real cheap bus that was around a quarter of the price we were going to pay with an other company although this would soon become evident where the price cuts happen.. It was very much a locals bus, I mean it wasnt terribly uncomfortable but at one point we honestly thou...

I mentioned in one of our blogs that Jordan had been suffering from a fever. Well yesterday morning he wasn´t getting any better so we decided to call a doctor. The doctor visited and took some tests - it turns out that he has a stomach infection caused by both bacteria and parasites. Because of this, he was taken to hospital where he spent the night and will be spending the next two nights there as well. The infection isn´t serious and apprently it is very co...

So I´ve gone to a different internet cafe and this one seems a bit better for uploading pictures. Instead of uploading them to two places, I´ll just link to the picasa website. While I´m waiting for the pictures to upload, I thought I would expand on the Colca Canyon experience a bit more as yesterday I mainly focused on the physical side and didn´t really talk about what we saw. I mentioned yesterday that the Colca Cayon is twice the depth of the Grand Ca...

4,160 metres deep (twice the depth of the Grand Canyon in USA). At an altitude of 2800 metres (Ben Nevis is 1,344 metres). 18 mile walk. In case you have been worrying that we have died, don´t worry, we haven´t. However, the three little facts above damn well nearly did! On Monday, Jordan and myself set off at 3am on a bus towards the Colca Cayon for a three day guided trek. The trek essentially involves walking down one side of the canyon, partially up the ot...