Oh my word, Inka trail completed and it was the hardest thing I have ever done!! Four days of solid mountain walking with the weather deciding to snow on the notoriously hard second day, and I was just wearing shorts, brilliant. The campsites were great fun though at the end of the days and the food was awesome. The treat at the end of seeing Machu Picchu was definitely worth it although the bus loads of fresh looking tourists who hadn't done the walk, not so muc...

Sorry for the radio silence, it's been a hectic few days! The altitude has hit everyone quite hard, the only way i can describe it is that it feels like your brain has exploded. All fine now though, so we spotted condors in the colca valley, went to Arequipa, had 2 home stays which were fun but seriously challenged our Spanish small talk skills, as well as introducing us to triple carb - pasta, potato and rice in one dish (id quite like triple carb to catch on li...

Right so the trip has now properly kicked off and we've met all the group, and they're really nice. We're currently in the at the nazka lines but yesterday was the bestest, we saw sealions and seals, pelicans, penguins and brown boobies (they're birds). We also went into the desert for sand boarding and dune buggies, lots scarier than you'd think, will try and upload a video later, mainly of me screaming. Also some things I never knew about Peru... They love pan...

So , we've arrived safely!! After 24 hours of travelling, a stoppy immigration person in Miami and Duncan getting all fidgety on on the plane we landed in Lima. After getting off the plane we waited for what seemed like forever for our bags which I'd convinced myself were never to be seen again (I have serious trust issues with checking bags all the way through!) then off on a super speed taxi ride to our hostel, so so glad for a comfy bed. This morning we've jus...