Today is the challenge a 3 hour hike straight up at a rise of 1000 meters. I managed to sleep in a little and didn't get out of bed until 6am. I did my exercises before waking the others for breakfast - luckily I had brought my breakfast with me but the others had to wait for theirs to be cooked. By the time we had all eaten and started the trek it was after 8am and the bus we were to catch was leaving at 11am. This added a lot of unecessary pressure and forced m...

Today was day one of our big hike down to the bottom of Colca Canyon and an overnight stay at the Oasis. I was up at 4am full of excitement and raring to go - unfortunately breakfast wasn't until 6am so I did my exercises and waking for the time to come around. Everyone in the hostel was up by 6 ready for a day of hiking and Ofcourse the free breakfast which turned out to be awsome: 2 buns, a pancake, scrambled egg, jam and warm tea. Our walking buddies for the d...

Waking up at 2am on the bus is becoming a bit of a regular occurrence in the last week. Most people were sleeping but I was too cold to sleep the cold had got through to my bones and I was to uncomfortable to sleep. At about 6am we arrived into Arequipa and wow what a beautiful landscape - a large town situated within a valley and 4 Volcanos. We found a bus heading to Colca Canyon but it wasn't until 8:30am so we decided to head into the city and have a look arou...

Today was the start of our epic adventure through Peru so expectedly I barely managed to get any sleep and was up at 4am raring to go. Cris rang at around 8:30am and I headed straight to the square to meet her - it was wonderful to see her again and she hasn't changed a bit :) She has a wonderfully positive energy about her and you can't help but be happy around her - we talked, laughed and reminisced on the way to the bus station. We had a little trouble finding...

Finally - a goodnights sleep, exactly what the Dr ordered. I had a lazy start to the day followed by a wonder around Limas main square and food market. Tonight Abi and I were having a cook-up; I was cooking ratatouille and Abi - Lomo Saltado. We brought some fresh vegetables, meats etc and then wondered through China town. The rest of the afternoon I researched my upcoming Peru trek and in the evening when Abi got back we went for an evening stroll around the cit...