The last few days have been extremely busy so this may be a very long blog. The last time I updated you was when I was last in Cusco and about to head to the Sacred valley. evening 6th Jan: Had a visit from the doctor who told me I had had Salmonella poisoning! Got some pills and before long was feeling much better! 7th Jan: Had to get all my things ready for Inca Trail this morning before getting onto our private bus for a tour around the sacred valley. We wen...

(Mum and Dad if you read this, yes I am getting your replies to my blogs, I only just figured out how to read them.) So much has happened in the last few days. The last time I updated I was heading off to Colca Canyon for two days. 4th Jan: Got up earlyish and got onto our private bus to head out to Colca Canyon, (the deepest canyon in the world, deeper then the grand canyon because of the giant mountains around the sides). We had a private guide and Driver asw...

Went for a cheap and cheerful dinner last night before getting on the night bus for around 11 hours. Despite my initial thoughts, the seats were really comfy, they reclined really far and has leg and foot rests. We were also given a pillow and a blanket and a snack. I took a sleeping pill and had a brilliant 8 hours of sleep. Woke up and after bus headed to hotel for a shower then had a look around the city. Went to see alot of old buildings and then went for a...

Today I got up at 7am although I was woken by birds chirping at about 5:30am. We headed by van to a cemetry just outside Nasca where people were buried in tombs hundreds of years ago and some of the tombs were opened up so you could see the skeletons. Pretty freaky stuff! We had a tour there by a local guide who knew an amazing amount of information about the area and the tombs. Next we headed to Nasca airport to wait for our flight over the Nasca lines. I was i...

So to update on the last few days: Tuesday I ended up heading into central Lima with two Chilean guys I had met at my Hostel, Hector and Frederico. We had a look around the central plaza area and watched the changing of the guards at Government Palace. Here there were the most (riot) police I have ever seen, although I admit I have never gone on the Undie 500. Then there were other police/military kitted out with AK47 look alikes (or may have been the real thing...