A comparatively late start saw us enjoy our breakfast before a mad fuss to sort payment over PayPal thanks to the town’s ATM’s still all being out. We made our train check-in and met Ayse, a lass from Turkey who was in Peru on business but had squeezed in a trip to Machu Picchu while […]
(Part of a series of articles by Fi trawling the archives for photos taken on the tiny compact camera way back when). It was raining heavily by the time we reached Aguas Calientes but our first shower in days sorted us out. We had a quick meal with the man who was to be our […]
It’s always a little strange to see a famous sight with your own eyes. The journey helps you to understand just how isolated the spot would have been. Humbling, stunning, and crazy full of tourists. We took in as much as we could and got the hell out of there as the site became filled […]
My 32nd Birthday was spent amidst the ruins of Machu Picchu – we were lucky with the weather and got there early enough to capture the majority of it with barely a soul around. Take a peak below.
Nobody should ever have to awaken at 4am but awaken we did and we were on our way downstairs by half past. The hotel was dead so we had little choice but to label our Alpaca duffle bags up and lob them over the reception counter hoping they’d store them when they eventually woke up. […]
(Part of a series of articles by Fi trawling the archives for photos taken on the tiny compact camera way back when). I’m looking back almost 3 years as I write this now and I can’t believe that we experienced the Eduardo Avaroa Reserve and Salt flats, the Lares trek and Machu Picchu within the […]
The Lares trek showed us beautiful vibrant landscapes and people on a less travelled route than the Inca trail.
Off the beaten track and a wholly different route to the Inca Trail we took an extended hike through the Andean Mountains. We made our way through villages where the pace of change is glacial and the trappings of the modern world have barely begun to encroach and met the locals carving out lives for […]
Day 1 Lares Trek A very early start saw us met by our guide at our digs before a quick nip across town to our vehicle and we were away. We passed through Pisac, a valley town surrounded by maize [corn] farms made up of wild terraces carved into the mountainous landscape – feats of […]
(Part of a series of articles by Fi trawling the archives for photos taken on the tiny compact camera way back when). Looking back on Cusco I think that we liked it for all the wrong reasons. Starbucks, Kfc, Sunday dinner & an Irish bar – all of which we frequented with gusto. We spent […]