Category Archives: Peru

One night this week we slept in a reed house,with a reed bed ,on a floating reed island . . . . It was bloody freezing Posted via email from sallyinnorfolk’s posterous

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 … Continue reading →

A massage here is very cheap compared to england , At around £10 for an hour . So i hope to have a few while here. We had one last night and i made a big mistake by say i … Continue reading →

This afternoon we did the city tour round Cusco. We  visited 4 Inka sites plus the cathedral. The Inka sites were,Saqsayhuman,Q,enqo, Pucapucara,and Tambomachay. Our guide was very good and gave us lots of information as well as pointing out many … Continue reading →

I Have only been hard a few days and i an already addicted to the cocoa tea. This is not a bad thing though as cocoa tea is meant to be good for preventing altitude sickness. It is much nicer … Continue reading →

Yesterday I finally made it all the way to Lima on my own I left Cambridge at 2.45am and arrived in Lima at around mid-night English time (6pm Lima time ) The journey was fantastic i hardly noticed it was … Continue reading →

My instructions from Geoff are “ don’t bring much “ !! So no girlie clothes..no lotions or potions .. no sexy underwear  Just a couple of pairs of walking trousers.. a few t- shirts.. my thermals and the other usual … Continue reading →