22nd September Breakfast at 4:30am but no coffee in bed this time! Although the first bus was at 5:30 and we were there before, we still had to cue until 6 for a bus to take us to Machu Picchu. Although I'd been to the museum in Cusco and knew it was a large city, I was still blown away by the size of it. At first it was quite fogy but this meant it was cool for our 2hour guide by Sergio. Then the sun came out and the site was FILLED with people so spent a lot ...

21st September We had a nice lie in and Joseph woke us up again with coffee at 7am! Really easy walk downhill for a couple of hours alongside the river with lots of stops and an inca ruin. We had our last lunch in the garden of a family's home who had a small trout farm. The food over the three days had been amazing and they finished with a huge buffet with food carved animal figures and a lemon pie. I had one last cuddle with Salvador and we said thank you a...

20th September At 5am Joseph woke us and brought coca tea and coffee to our tents then breakfast at 5:30. We started walking at 6 and the first two hours were uphill along the river then into the mountain-side, feeling good. Then as we went further up the mountain it got much harder to breathe and the next 3hours were very cold and difficult. The landscape changed from grass covered valley to icy rocky mountains with many beautiful blue lagoons. The horsemen an...

19th September Surprisingly not an early start! The bus picked us up at 8am and we me our tour guide and the rest of our group. There was myself, Lara, Katie, and Serena plus 3 couples in their 50's from Canada and one guy from Australia in his 40's. Our leader was Sergio and his assistant was Joseph, plus 4 horsemen, 2 cooks and a waiter. All local men from Lares town or the mountains! We stopped half way in a small town to buy some bread for the children in...

10th September First thing some of us took a boat trip around the Ballestas Islands where we saw a million birds, sea lions and penguins, it was beautiful! On the way back to the main land I'm 90% sure I saw a dolphin jump out the water! Only two other girls saw it too, Ellen agreed with me but Claudia thought it was a sea lion.... Back at the hotel we checked out and took the bus for an hour till we got to a winery where they make pisco. We had a tour of the ...