Sally in Norfolk

I just fell in love with these silver Inca men necklaces.Eventually I gave in and bought one but I did a bit of haggling and got a good 20% off the asking price.I also got some matching stud Earrings

I brought back many souvenirs, this is just one of them.
We loved all the wonderful bright Peruvian wall hangings.
I could of easily, had hundreds of them, all with different patterns and in all shapes and sizes.
But this is the one that now hangs in my Hall, thanks to Geoff.

During our week in Cusco we did a couple of day treks.
Thinking it would be good training for the Inca Trail.
One of these Treks was to Moray and Maras in the Sacred Valley.
The Moray Inca Ruins were perfectly circular terraces so within each terrace, different things could be planted. It’s just a great sight [...]

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La Paz is the capital of Bolivia and also the highest city in the world.
The reason for going to La Paz was to do the Road of Death bike ride.
Although I found the street markets totally amazing I did not really like La Paz, I found it very dry and dusty.
We would have [...]

Lake Titicaca is located on the border of Peru and Bolivia.
It 3,812 m (12,500 ft) above sea level, making it one of the higest navigable lakes in the world aswell as the largest in south America.
These islands are made from the totora reeds, and are the home of the Uros tribe.
We decided to stay the [...]

I have so many wonderful photos from my holiday in Peru, it is hard to know what to do with them all.
They will all end up on Flickr eventually.
For now here are a few of Machu Picchu

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One of the high lights of my holiday was climbing up Wayna Picchu at the end of the Inca trail.
It Rises over Machu Picchu.
The peak of Wayna Picchu is about 2,720 metres (8,900 ft) above sea level, or about 360 metres (1,200 ft) higher than Machu Picchu.
Very few people get the chance to do this [...]

So many photos of our inca trail walk and machu picchu , here is a taster till i get home and post the rest
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One night this week we slept in a reed house,with a reed bed ,on a floating reed island . . . . It was bloody freezing
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Yesterday we did a mega day trek .
25km walked and reaching altitudes of 4300m.
Coming from the flatlands of norfolk this was an amazing trek for me.
Took some fantastic photos but you will have to wait to see them .
Our guide told us we could easily do the inca trail in 2 days and not the [...]