We packed an overnight bag ready to spend 2 nights in the AMAZON!! (the main reason I wanted to come to South America) As I was carrying my bags down to reception my hand brushed one of the plastic plants...but it really hurt :(. I looked back to see that in amongst the plastic plants had grown a stinging nettle. I was not a happy bunny :( We took a bus to the airport. Hernan taught me a bit more Spanish and we took our 30min flight into the Amazon. The temp...

Today we woke early (no surprise after our 5am starts). Garth and I went to McDonalds for breakfast had hat our coffee in Cuzco main plaza afterwards. We left at 9am for our day tour to the sacred valley. Brian and Nicky didn't come as they were organising their trip to Brazil. I really wanted a day off to recover but I also didn't want to miss anything so I went. Ruben was our guide again today which was cool. We went in the mini bus to an animal sanctuary in ...

Inca Trail: Day 4 So today was the big day!! We were woken at 3am!!! The reason for this is because the porters have to get the 6am train back to Cuzco or they have to wait 12 hrs for the next one! We had pancakes for breakfast and started off in the dark with our torches! We only walked about 5 mins when we reached passport control...which didn't open until 5.30am! So we had a 1 hr wait but we did get there just I'm the nix of time to be the last group to get...

The Inca Trail - Day 3 Another Coca tea at 5am and three course breakfast started the 'unforgettable' day. We were to walk 16 km with lots of ups and downs through the 2nd pass at 3,900 meters and the 3rd pass at 3,500 meters. The weather was cold when we started and I was feeling extremely exhausted from the previous day. The first section was 400 meter climb. I was not enjoying it as my legs were really aching. As we started up the mountain we looked back to...

Inca Trail - Day 2 In the might we were really hot - so New Zealand better be cold or I'm going to demand my money back on my thermals! We were woken at 5am by the porters with a hot cup of Coca tea! After our 3 course breakfast we were introduced to our porters. We went round saying our names, where were from, and what we did as an occupation or how long they'd been working on the trail. It was creat to meet them! The youngest porter was 20 (our waiter) and th...