Into the coastal Peruvian desert - little do we realise quite how far there is to go!
Is Will pulling a face at the unpleasant desert headwind? The meal was certainly pretty good.
There's nowt wrong with that! Breakfast in Mancora
Backpacker hangouts in Mancora - towns like this are few and far between however
Oil drilling in the desert
Ouch!
Talara - not a pretty spot
There's a lot more of this than I could take
Things are looking up
Serious climbing en route to Huaraz
Yet more climbing - 4200m from sea level takes two days
We shared the need for a rest, an appreciation for the view, some food and very little else
Approaching the top
Finally the Callan Pass, Huaraz and the Cordillera Blanca
The Cordillera Blanca
I camped right at the top - why not enjoy the moment?
The moment
The descent to Huaraz, and a bloke with some cows
Breakfast on the roof of our bike-friendly hotel in Huaraz
And the view from breakfast
A day mountain bike excursion from Huaraz - recommended
Will's last day was well spent
Julio, our guide
It sure beats the desert
Frosty camp after leaving Huaraz
Leaving the Cordillera Blanca behind
It's all downhill from here in the facial hair department
Hello from Nazca
Cerro Blanco - a very, very big sand dune
Up up up again
Andrew attracts some attention in Hualhua
Another spectacular sunset
Cerro Blanco from above
Andrew teaches a class puncture repair - I had only 2 punctures the entire trip
Hualhua panorama
Vicunas - they make very expensive wool
Another seemingly endless climb - this time from Puquio
Altiplano - this would have made a great campsite
On top of the world
More incredible scenery near Chalhanca
The middle of nowhere - again
There are a lot of valleys to cross between Nazca and Cusco
Chaluanca
Crossing the river en-route to Limatambo
'The' place to stay in Limatambo - it was brilliant and very cheap
The promised land - Cusco and a hot shower
Inca stonework
Pisac market - we decided not to buy a carpet
A lot of work went into Inca Pisac
I'm back, 5 years later
Our lovely hotel in Pisac
Take that, pudding buffet
Still too many tourists, but I won't deny it is impressive
Who needs lycra?
What's the collective noun for cycle tourists?
Titicaca - what a great name
Touristy but cool - floating islands
Peruvian Titicaca is not as spectacular as Bolivian
