Day one at Heathrow Airport - Paul, Helen and Carla
We'd only just met :)
Rinky in Lima airport
Day one at Heathrow Airport - Mark, Eimear, Alison and Chris
Day one at Heathrow Airport - Kirstie and Twiggy
Day one at Heathrow Airport - Claire and David
Day one at Heathrow Airport - me!
Teehee
Beautiful Andes
Amazing view....
Rinky on the plane to Cusco
Still on the plane
And again...
Back in Lima airport after our flight failed to land at Cusco
Posing :)
Finally at Cusco
Some of our bags!
Rinky at Cusco
The view from the hotel!
Just off the plane...
Walking to the Main Plaza
Cusco Main Plaza
Some of the Main Plaza
Myself and my lovely tent-mate Maria
Marky Mark
Mise and Helen
Rinky + beer = happy panther
Exploring....
Starting the trek - Twiggy, Maria and Paul
Starting the trek - Alison and Chris
Tambo Machay; David, Alison soaking it all in
Myself and Maria at Tambo Machay
Claire, David, Helen, Jose and Tim
Rinky and Tamboy Machay
Jose, our all knowing guide
Some of the amazing things for sale
Chris, Carla, Twiggy and Dr. Dave
Kirstie and Helen
Me at Tambo Machay
Tambo Machay
The Fortress
Heading to the Red Fortress
Twiggy
The Red Fortress: Twiggy in the centre, Paul over on the left
Terraces in the quarry
Cusco down below
It says Viva El Peru on that hill, trust me :)
See! I told you :)
Temple of The Moon (other side)
Peruvian band
Myself and Carla
Washing before lunch
Lunch on day one!
Watching the band :)
Bags back on team!
Alan. Sums him up really.
Can you find the shape of a llama in the rocks?
Sachsaywaman
Dr. Dave and Big Al
Rinky at Sachsaywaman
The view from Sachsayhuaman over Cusco
Cusco
Sachsayhuaman
Jose
Llamas
Alpachas
The fortress from afar
Taking a break
Sexywoman ;)
Sexyman (they wish!)
Looking chilled: Carla and Twiggy
Looking down on the Plaza
Myself and Rinky
Team photo one!
All going downhill ;)
Well-deserved break...
Rinky and the ladies
A secret garden in Cusco..
Main Plaza at night
From the bus
Llama's debut
Calca - Market on the way to Totora
Market town on the way to Totora
Market
And again
Calca
A child outside a store in Calca
Almost in Totora
Totora! Claire, Carla, Kirstie, Twiggy, Alison, Helen, Tim...
Team photo 2
Alan shows our friend her picture!
Our leaders, porters and a local
Hels hops 10 steps, as part of a fundraising "deal"
Totora
Canyon
Myself and Hels
Llama gets involved
He is everywhere
Still walking!
Beautiful river
Walking thru the canyon
A local farmer sprinting up the hill
Still going
Some terraces
Twiggy chats to the locals
SO cute!
Mark and David, working the adventurer "look" ;)
Myself, Hels and Maria
Nappy bags - we love them! Carla, Twiggy and Kirstie look WAY too happy tho
Carla and llama enjoy an Oreo
Hills. Everywhere!
Beautiful babbling brook
Alan and Chris
Twiggy, Carla and Alison
A house. And many rocks.
Looking down on a village
Eimear leads the way
Above the clouds!
It looks like an alien landscape!
Ready for FOOOOOOD
Llama is fan of coffee and popcorn. As am I ;)
All enjoying the scenery: Dr Dave in the distance, Paul just off to the left, Alison in the centre and David on the right
Dr. Dave (now posing), Paul and Mark
Maria, making trekking look cool :)
Wow.
Guides seem non-plussed. We're all taking hundreds of pics!
Looking down from our path. again.
Eimear (far left), David, Maria and Chris (far right). All looking knackered.
Twiggy and llama
Our campsite
with my back to the tents
And uphill. Again.
A local girl who clearly thought we were nuts.
Just lovely
Amazing
Beautiful view onto a river
Twiggy looking relaxed in the beautiful scenery
Horse looks lonely without us
Valley
Kirstie and Hels. My girlies :)
Next campsite
Young mum
Jose telling us all about the lovely family
Lllama wants in on the action!
SOOO cute
Gorgeous little boy
Love this pic
Don't run away!
Mum is loving our excitement
Awwwwww
Thats my apple!
With the lovely family
Outside their house
Amilkar trying to carry off a ladies hat. Hmm. Not sure its working
Llama surveys the road ahead
Eimear stealing rocks
A break near the top
David, Llama and Tim
Our guide looking rested
Claire (hiding), Carla and Alison
Kirstie, Twiggy and Dr. Dave
Local child along the trek
Mark, Jose and Llama
Kirstie, Tim and our tents
Double Paddy!
The path ahead
Typical path
Almost everyone, looking tired
Maria
The scenery was spectacular
Myself and a local girl
A local family
Crossing a river
One of the many lakes
Another beautiful lake
Our view from the top (4450m)
Stamping our presence on the landscape
Almost there ladies (and Llama)
Amilkar, Jose and Llama
Team photo 3 (at 4450m)
Me and Llama
Llama enjoying the view
Llama plus alpacha
Look at the colour of that water!
Landfall plus lake
On our way down
Along the valley floor
Alan, Twiggy, Alison and Paul enjoying some cocoa tea
The red fortress
View from the fortress
Rolling rolling rolling
Beautiful
Getting out of the farmer's way
Still going :)
At cloud level!
Girls on their way from school, knitting along the way!
A potato farmer's house
Yet another amazing view
Foooood!
Peekaboo
Us nearing the lakes
Amongst his own kind
Valley looks a long way down
Awwwwwwwwwww
Hels and Llama
One of my favourite pictures
Trekking
on a switch-back
River
Camp
Pretty spectacular location
Looking into the village
We walked all that way!
Enjoying the view
Danny and the horse
Danny, horse and me :)
I think this wins. Favourite pic ever.
Us with our random dog
Glacier
Amilkar and Jose
Our offering to Patchamama
Team photo 4
Do a lil dance...
Do a big dance!
Some of the locals selling their wares
We bought lots...
Our camp lies at the end of that path
Al, Eimear, Jose, Amilkar, Carla, Twiggy, Maria, Mark, Tim, Dr. Dave
Nearing the village...
Our cake from the local crew (SAS travel)
Our crew - we love them all!
The train to MP
In Aguas Calientes
VERY excited
Tim, Alison, Chris and Carla - almost there!
Aaaaahhhhhh!
See. Evidence!
In a hostel for brekkie: Paul, Dr. Dave, Alison, Carla, Kirstie, me, Maria, Eimear, Tim, Clare
Llama makes it to Machu Picchu
and there it is....
Me at Machu Picchu, looking exhausted!
WOO!
Paddies unite!
Llama looks happy!
Alan, me and Dr. Dave
Helen, me and Kirstie (miss them already)
A.M.A.Z.I.N.G.
Clouds rolling in...
Terraces
Just so incredible
Its even better in the flesh
An unworked rock
Temple of the three windows
None of the rocks are cemented together.... and an earthquake happened...
The "urban" part
The "agriculture" part
Sheer drop
Me in my charity t
Close up with no make-up, not good
A sundial
Looking back at the quarry
Temple from below
Rocks everywhere
View = awesome
Yes, it really is that spectacular
Tourists ;)
It really is on a mountain!
Clouds try to roll in....
Heading in to the "urban" bit
Full of people, at 8am!
Randoms, Chris and Alison
View from the edge
Enjoying the sheer-dropness
The quarry and the farming terraces
Exploring the site - Carla (Cancer Research), Clare, and Maria
Looking up (for a change)
You can hardly see the other tourists....
The farming terraces
Looking up, in the mist. Tim's just sneaked into the image too :)
Llama is in good hands. Belonging to Maria :)
River in Aguas Calientes
Peru Rail
and the rain begins...
Beautiful rain.
The morning after the celebration night before
The morning after the celebration night before - sleepy guides
On our 8-hour stop-over in Lima
At Lima airport on the way home
Still smiling!
