Lima, Peru So the next adventure begins, very, very early this morning with a flight from Heathrow to Madrid then onto Lima. Enjoyed an early doors dinner with a friend last night, especially enjoying my flowerpot dessert – all edible Arrived in Lima’s rush hour, I thought the Italians were…

Lima, Peru Lima,  the capital of Peru and home to over 10 million people. It lies on the Pacific ocean and I am staying in the Miraflores district which seems very lively, full of shops and restaurants. Lima lies within the Ring of Fire tectonic belt and tremors occur quite…

Lima to Cuzco Leaving Lima and its tree lined avenues, misty mornings and mad drivers for  Cuzco. Cuzco the ancient capital of the Inca empire. On route to the Sacred Valley we first stopped to see llamas and alpacas and a demonstration of weaving and how they spin the alpaca…

Machu Picchu Another early morning but the sun coming up over the mountains and the hotel gardens were lovely. Our first visit today was to a traditional Inka house, where they kept the guinea pigs – a national dish in Peru. We then took the Vistadome train from Ollantaytambo to…

Machu Picchu to Cuzco Early morning walk around the jungle like gardens of this amazing hotel to catch some of the birds and butterflies Walk around the village of Aguas Calientes,   with the river running through the centre and monuments, sculptures at every turn, as well as more beautiful flowers…

Cuzco Our hotel is an old 18th century mansion with modern additions, built around a lovely courtyard Our first visit today was to Santo Domingo Monastery built in the 17th century on the foundations of the Incan Koricancha Temple of the Sun Then onto the Cathedral in Plaza de Armas,…

Cuzco to Puno Today we board the Belmond Andean Explorer overnight to Puno We had a lovely lunch made up of small plates accompanied, of course, by a Pisco Sour and with a guitarist playing music, some of which we sang along to The train stopped for us to visit…

Puno to Huatajata Very early start this morning to catch the sunrise over Lake Titicaca, then back on board the train for breakfast. Lake Titicaca is the world’s highest navigable lake and covers 3,000 square miles and links Peru to Bolivia. After breakfast we said goodbye to the Andean Explorer…

Lake Titicaca to La Paz This morning we travelled by hydrofoil and motorboat to the floating islands of Uros. The lake has many floating islands which are made from the totora reed which they compress into rigid structures. They also build their homes and boats from the reeds. We then…

La Paz to Buenos Aires Left La Paz very early morning to catch a plane to Santa Cruz then onto Buenos Aires. There are no direct flights on account of the high altitude, if you have a full plane you cannot take off with a full tank, you also need…

Buenos Aires Took a tour around the city, BA is certainly a beautiful place with avenue upon avenue of lovely buildings. In Plaza de Mayo were many of the government buildings and cathedral. We were just in time to see the changing of the guard at the cathedral. The Cathedral…