We have spent the past four days trekking along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu. Before we left, we thought that it was just one way to get to Machu Picchu. Having completed it, however, we both agree that the jounrey was possibly better than the destination. Our journey started…

Mon 6th May – The Adventure begins! We´ve done it, Flights booked, Machu Picchu trek is looming, rucksacks are packed, we´ve said our goodbyes – Peru here we come! Checking our baggage in, my rucksack weighed 19.4 kgs and Andy´s was 18.2kg. Still a heavy load – but a massive achievement…

We have finished the first city of the trip – Lima – and have now moved on to Cusco. Before we left Lima we wandered down the seafront, had a tour around Huaca Pucllana (some pre-Incan ruins in Miraflores), relaxed on the terrace at Hostel El Patio reading our books…

Yesterday was a long day. We left Brighton at 0300 in order to get to Heathrow for our 0620 flight to Madrid (2hr 20 duration). After a 3 hour wait in Madrid we caught the 1250 flight to Lima (11hr 55 duration), landing at 1745 local time (GMT -5). We…

After a very busy final few days sorting things out, getting last minute items and then trying to get everything into our packs, we are finally all done. We even have time to spare – well a few hours to spare, anyway! Our bags, all packed At 0620 on Monday…