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Ica, Huaccachina / Nazca / Machu Picchu & Cusco
Tues, 15th Dec, Lima to Huaccachina
On our way to Cusco we decided to spend a couple of nights, which then turned into four nights in an odd place called Huaccachina. Huaccachina is an oasis in the desert just slightly inland about 5 hours from Lima. Peru has such a vast and totally different landscape to anywhere I've ever seen. You will …
Christmas eve at Machu Picchu!!
We did the most horrendous journey to Cusco. Unfortunately we were sitting right by the toilets. It clearly states not to **** in the toilets on buses, OK I understand when you have to go, you have to go. So, one bloke has **** and made the most foul smell I´ve ever smelt. The smell actually woke me up and if I´m honest, I thought for one minute …
Guinea Pig isn´t all it´s cracked up to be........
... much like fatty chicken. Nice to try but probably not an everyday staple for me. The Alpacha meat was tasty but not fatty enough so quite dry.
That evening we booked our trip to Machu Piccu and had a few drinks in the Hostel bar.
On the second day we took a guided tour of the city and were shown around San Pedro Market. What a mad place, dozens and dozens of tiny stalls packed together selling ...
Peru Part 1: The Tip of the Glacier
... of ours, and one of the most memorable things about Huaraz for me.
The other most memorable thing was undoubtedly the surroundings. The peaks seemed to laugh at me from back in that unimaginably long-ago time when they were forged; giants of black rock and white snow, sharp enough peaks to poke your eye out, and steep enough to put the jitters up Spiderman. We wanted to do a famous four day hike called the Santa Cruz Trek, but alas it was not meant to be. The ...
The inca trail
... one of the Argentinean girls, he has hitting around 8 on the cringe scale easily and so when everyone decided another early night was in order we were very glad. The third day was the longest with around 10 hours of walking ahead, 4 uphill and 6 down hill. We were served a breakfast consisting of what everyone needs with 10 hours of walking ahead of them- a cake! Impressive that they managed to bake a cake with such limited equipment on the side of a mountain, I have been ...