Well the last few days have been great, with the highlight being the visit to Machu Picchu on Sunday! On Friday I did a tour of the Sacred Valley with a couple of others who didn´t do either of the treks. We visited a community weaving project then visited our first Inca ruin site of the day at Pisac. It was amazing how steep the terraces were that they built into the sides of the mountain. It was also very quiet and peaceful there, not many other tourists had a...

Fortunately by Monday (17th) I was feeling a lot better and got to go on a trip to the floating islands. It was a really interesting visit and I´m really glad I got to go. People in my group said although they really enjoyed the homestay (which I was gutted to have missed), the floating islands were the most "different", because I don´t think there is anything to be found like them elsewhere in the world. I wasn´t sure what they´d be like, but on th...