Category Archives: Peru

Firstly, we are officially in the tropics again, we went across the Tropic of Capricorn sometime during the night. We awoke to find we were moored onto the commercial dock in Callao, the port area of Lima; Peru’s Capital city … Continue reading →

Early start, we set the alarm but I was awake before it 5.30 am, decided to get up, looked out of the window, to see this beautiful view of Lake Titicaca, lovely and tranquil, with what I thought originally was … Continue reading →

Monday 22nd April Today we are heading to lake Titicaca on the Andean Explorer, this is the Peruvian equivalent to the Orient Express so we had an early start, pick up 0715 hrs.  We set the alarm for 0600 hrs … Continue reading →

Having had a brilliant nights sleep in our 7′ bed, we showered and went to breakfast, the Hotel is amazing, it was an old Inca House, very easy to get lost, it twists and turns, but we found the restaurant, … Continue reading →

Saturday 20th April 2013 Hooray, today we could have a lay-in, no rush, mainly due to the local agents making a slight change to our itinerary with an un-foreseen knock-on.  We were due to do the Machu Picchu Inca City … Continue reading →

Friday 19th April 2013 We are gradually getting acclimatised, but I was still awake before the alarm went off at 6.30 am, so we both got up, had a lovely lazy breakfast, and were ready to go by 7.45 am, … Continue reading →