Arequipa We arrived in Arequipa after possibly the worst night bus yet, replete with seats that hardly reclined and no legroom. As it was only 6am, it was too early to check into the hostel so we waited in the TV room watching movies before our room was ready. I was feeling pretty terrible but […] Read more…
Peru
Dealing With Altitude Sickness on the World Famous Inca Trail in Peru
Our epic journey to Machu Picchu began with us getting picked up at 5.30am from our hostel in Cusco by Peru Treks, and driven to Km 82 via a breakfast stop near Ollantaytambo. This is the start of the Inca Trail and where you sort out your bags, your paperwork is checked and your passport […] Read more…
Cusco and the Sacred Valley in Peru: Past Strongholds of the Incas
On our first day in Cusco, none of us were feeling our best. The boys were both not feeling great with a food poisoning re-occurrence and I was feeling pretty rough myself with a combination of a blistered and sunburnt bottom lip, a cold, fatigue, and shortness of breath due to the altitude (Cusco sits […] Read more…
The Mountains and Sand Dunes of Central Peru
So as I mentioned in my last post, because of the damned Paro in Colombia, we were going to have to hurry to get down to Cusco on time to do the Inca Trail on the 27th March. We were missing the beach (and the sun) as the last time we had been by the […] Read more…