Peru and Easter Island Day Eight
May 6, 2010
Another really early day today, I get up at 4.10 and start to get ready. When I go in the shower there is no hot water, I don’t mean that cold water is running out of the hot water tap I mean nothing is running out of the hot water tap. I decide not to have a shower today as I don’t think my body could take a freezing cold shower at this time in the morning. Read more
Peru and Easter Island Day Seven
May 5, 2010
Another early morning again today, I get up at 4.30 and am picked up at 5.20 and taken to the train station here I board a mini bus and am taken to Piscaicucho where I will board the train to Machu Picchu. Normally you can get the train directly from Cusco but the flooding earlier in the year wiped out the tracks. So now everyone needs to take the two hour minibus drive to get the train. Read more
Peru and Easter Island Day Six
May 4, 2010
I get ready and have a shower, I can also hear the people in the nearby rooms having a shower and going to the bathroom.
I head down for breakfast as everything is uncovered I don’t fancy any cheese or ham that a fly has been on so I settle for a banana. Read more
Peru and Easter Island Day Five
May 3, 2010
I get up and head for breakfast again; I have the same as yesterday, bread, ham and cheese that I make a sandwich out of. I check out of the hotel and am picked up at 7.15 for a short trip to the train station, there I board the first class Andean Explorer train. Read more
Peru and Easter Island Day Four
May 2, 2010
I get up quite early and go for breakfast at 6am, there is not much on offer just some cheese, ham and bread, which I make a few sandwiches with. I am picked up at 6.45 and taken to the port, there I board my boat for the day the “Illapa”. Read more
Peru and Easter Island Day Three
May 1, 2010
I get up and go down for breakfast, there are not much on offer, some fruit, bread, sautéed potatoes and chopped up hotdog sausages. After breakfast I go back to my room and pack my bags then check out. Read more
Peru and Easter Island Day Two
April 30, 2010
I get up at 3.10am (yes you read that right!) as I am being picked up at 4am for a trip down to the Nazca lines. I start to get ready and at 3.30 I get a phone call, the guide is waiting for me downstairs, I put my clothes on real quick and stumble out the room. I have to admit I am a bit annoyed about him arriving the 30 minutes early as I did not get chance to get ready correctly. Read more
Peru and Easter Island Day One
April 29, 2010
After floods, mud slides, earthquakes, a plane and bus crash (thankfully not with me on them) and finally a volcanic eruption, I am going on my trip to Peru and Easter Island.