We had a much needed lazy day, waking up without an alarm. After breakfast, we returned to bed just to read, write and look through photos. We finally left the room after 1100 to do a walking tour of the old city using our guidebook. As it turned out, we had already seen a large […]

Above:  From the rooftop of our accommodation. The balcony of the school is evident from the murals painted thereon. I felt a million dollars after a great night sleep; I’m normally a heavy sleeper but recent nights haven’t been like that perhaps due to altitude. In my moment of weakness yesterday, I had arranged for […]

Despite my tummy condition, I had an uninterrupted night sleep which gave me good confidence for the day at Machu Picchu. We left the hotel around 0515 amidst sound of explosions (they were fireworks we were told). It was a 20 min walk to the railway station where we waited briefly before boarding Peru Rail’s […]

We had a lazy morning cafe-crawling in Chivay after checking out from our accommodation at 1000. First a leisurely coffee while sorting photos and writing my travel journal. Then a walk around town before lunch. We returned to our hotel before 1300 to wait for our pickup which had been scheduled for 1330 to 1400. […]

We both woke around 0030 feeling like we’ve had a good night sleep. Unfortunately we only slept very lightly from then on until the alarm rang at 0545. We grabbed breakfast at 0600 and waited for the 0630 pickup. They didn’t turn up till 0645 and we were slightly concerned as being on a non-standard […]

Today begins our trip to Colca Canyon for 2 nights. We were picked up by a bubbly guide Myra at 0845; a very civilised time as day trippers and some overnighters depart at 0300. We called at a touristy shop near the airport to pickup some coca leaves for the altitude. As we already had […]