Apart from Machu Picchu (of course), I think me and Sash are officially “ruined” out!! After the city tour the day before we then went on the full-day Sacred Valley tour which is a whistle-stop journey to 5 different Incan sites. First stop was Chincharo which sits 3700 meters above sea level. This was yet…
Scampering around the Sacred valley looking a combination of hot and sweaty or windswept and interesting! We arrived in Cusco at 5am on the 7th of September just as the sun was about to break the horizon. Cusco was believed to be the centre of the universe to the Incan people. It sits at 3200…
Puno is a Peruvian city which sits 3860 meters above sea level and is home to Lake Titicaca. The great lake borders Peru and Bolivia and is the world’s highest most navigable lake. What is even more impressive is that on this lake live civilizations who inhabit islands made out of reeds, yes you heard…
After tumbling into the hostel at 5am and having our shoelaces attacked by one of its feline residents, Sasha and I were ecstatic to find it was warm!! We were staying in the Dragonfly Hostel once again and after our slightly chilly experience in Lima at low altitude, we were convinced we’d be turned to…
Our trip to Colca Canyon began at the unearthly hour of 2.30am. Colca Canyon sits at 5000 meters above sea level which is much much higher than the alps in Europe and is about 3 hours drive from Arequipa. It is one of the deepest canyons in the world and is home to the legendary…
September 3rd 2019 – huacachina After a relatively short drive (by Peru standards) we arrived in Huacachina, a true desert oasis home to fewer than 100 permanent residents. It is the main place for the production of pisco, Peru’s national drink, and is famed for sandboarding – we were definitely there to try both! We…
September 1st 2019 – On the Road to Paracas We woke up at 6am trying to quietly (not easy for me as despite my size I seem to be the loudest person in the world) pack up our belongings to wait for our Peru Hop bus to take us to our next destination, Paracas. …
So, this may not be everyone’s cup of tea; it’s not a guide or a post to aid your adventures and I don’t blame you if you have no room in your life for my jumbled musings and anecdotal stories of that time I went to the Galapagos. However, I really enjoyed writing my little…
For some reason this post got lost and was never published, so two years later it’s finally getting it’s début! During one of our last days at Help in Suffering, we saw our first case of tetanus. Tetanus is rarely seen in the UK as animals which are particularly sensitive to clostridium tetani (causative agent…
On one of our quieter days we took the opportunity to tag along with the rescue team on a cow release. Now I feel this phrase makes the cows sound like wild animals which although to us may seem a little silly, it is a lot more fitting to describe the cows here as some…