Hello All,

So sorry it has taken so long to put in the first blog entry. (I will never complain about the internet in Australia again! Also I apoligise for the many mistakes in this entry typing on a Spanish keyboard is tricky!)

We have just finished trecking to Machu Picchu (4 days of solid walking, climbing, and altitude sickness - for me anyway Shannon only had two Sarosh pills and was fine while I was having tree a day and suffocating) it was the hardest but most rewarding thing I have ever done!

We also discovered that while many people think they can hike - up, down and flat that is only becasue they haven´t yet seen Peruvian up, down and flat!

We climbed over 1,000 meters each day (33kms up and down) and saw some amazing ruins. But the pictures show the whole trip in much more detail than I can ever explain.

Buenos dias,

Kristin.