Monthly Archives: July 2013

Even travelling requires chore days. Can’t escape the reality of bills from home to be paid, researching our next place to stay, booking buses, backing up our hard drive & getting another blog written. We are back in Cusco from … Continue reading →

Continuing along the Sacred Valley on local buses. Take up a recommendation by a travel buddy Brian, we stop at Pisac, take a taxi to the top of the ruins and walk 2 hours down through more incredible Inka ruins. … Continue reading →

Nobbies explore more of the Sacred valley in the afternoon. First the Maras salt pans, in use since the Inka times. A entire valley terraced into salt evaporation ponds. Afterwards visited Moray 3500m high. Unusual Inka ruins terraced in a … Continue reading →

Ollantaytambo holds significance in the Inka history being the royal estate for the Emperor Pachacuti and lodgings for his nobles. Also in 1536 Manu Inca defeated the Spanish. The panoramic view from the top of the ruins overlooking Ollantaytambo in … Continue reading →

Nobbies bid farewell to Machu Picchu and catch a morning train through the Sacred Valley to Ollantaytambo. Tranquil place to rest our tired bodies for 2 days. Gorgeous stone alleyways & colourful markets. Even found a delicious cafe in the … Continue reading →

Machu Picchu. An awe inspiring day spent here from 5am till 5pm and yet still wasn’t enough time. Our last day of the jungle trail and we bid goodbye to our ‘family’. Spend 3 hours return climbing Machu Picchu mountain … Continue reading →

Serious fun morning zip lining across 4 valleys at 90kmph and the longest one being 1.5km at 500m high! After fleecie apprehensions for days prior, the chicas in the group made a pact to do this and so glad I … Continue reading →

2nd day trekking 9 hours of 23km through the tropical valley from Santa Maria to Santa Teresa. Visit a coca & coffee plantation, trek up high along narrow cliff hugging trails with steep vertical drop off and descending old stone … Continue reading →

Early start for the Nobbies embarking on the Inka Jungle Trail. Day 1 bike from about snow capped 4000m to lush green jungle of 1100m. Sounds easy but the weather closed in at the top bringing icy rain, sleet & … Continue reading →

Plaza de Armas, Cusco on a beautiful winter sunny day whilst doing last minute preparations for our Inka jungle trail for the next 4 days.