sat 9th aug, left at hotel at 06.00,freezing for the colca canyon,a bumby dusty windy journey of 2.5 hours,sit on opposite side of bus from driver for the views,we walked the last mile along the canyon edges,deeper than grand canyon ,pretty amazing tip go the top viewpoint and far right, saw 10 condors soaring high above the canyon ,just amazing,best thing yet i have seen in peru we went with giardino tours, 18 seater mercedes buses, a step up in the travell cl...

fri 8th ,left at 06.00 heading for the colca canyon,rain during the night and snow on the mountains,uphill all the way,to a maximum height of 4,400 metres,passing herds of vacunna and llamas,felt better with coca tea,coca sweets and coca tofffee,its a good job the dons and mcc dont need my services as i would fail the drug test, stopped at Chivay for lunch, 3 course buffet for 20 soles,then checked into hotel toristiquo in yYanque,hottest shower in Peru,quite sm...

staying at la casa de mi abuela,sprawling hotel,clean and comfortable ,great buffet breakfast, only 10 mins from main plaza, went to the ice mummy juanita museum,15 soles for 30 minute film and a guided tour,no charge for the tour but give a tip though, tastefully done exhibition lunch overlooking the main plaza,free pisco sours,3 courese,beer and cofffee for 10 quid at la senorata, no vendors in plaza and no horn honking then went to the convent for an hour,...

wed 6th aug,3 hour bus journey to nazca,had a day room in hotel opposite bus station,its pretty grim in nazca,watch your valuables, problems with flights in the morning due to cloud cover meant cancellations, we went to the airport 4 soles by taxi ,chaos people shouting arguing trying to bribe officials to get on the 30 minute flight(weather conditions often result in cancellatins,upshot was i did not get on and have learned spanish swear words during a 4 hour...

went sandboarding and dune buggy riding in the desert behind the oasis, this included camping overnight in the desert,barbque and unlimited pisco and coke,amazing sunset tip,cover up your rucksack and sleeping bag as in the morning they get wet through dew and condensation,take your thermals after overnight camp driven to oasis for breakfast and hot shower ,great value for 40$