Llamas, Altitude Sickness and Guinea Pigs - you´ve guessed it we´re in Peru!

Well what to write? Sally and I, plus her mum for 10 days, have been relaxing in the sun in Huanchaco for the past week. Huanchaco is a small fishing village, located in Northern Peru. It´s been great - like a holiday within the holiday, as we finally got to laze around and read lots of books!

Here´s a photo of the village


And this is the infamous fishing boat (caballito - it literally means ´small horse´)that the locals use


We went to the Chan Chan ruins (the largest Adobe city ever built, its pre-Inca so v old and really well preserved!)


I´m loved worldwide!


After that nice holiday (definitely necessary as Sally and I have both been a bit sick recently) we had to say goodbye to Sally´s mum and travel to Cusco (where millions of tourists head to do the Inca Trail to Macchu Picchu.)
It´s actually a pretty city/town, as my photography demonstrates, with cobbled steep streets - its over 3000 metres above sea level and Inca buildings


Credit to Sally for this one


Umm a few interesting facts - it´s really cold here at night we have been sleeping with 4 blankets! We´ve also both suffered from altitude sickness and have felt out of breath whilst climbing stairs (highlighted by the fact that we are easily overtaken by old Peruvian ladies). Oh and the reference to guinea pigs in the title is because in Peru ´Cuy´ or G.P is a popular dish!
Well gotta go and tuck into my cuy, xx