Cuzco!

Hello from Cuzco! It's a gorgeous place, so happy to have made it! The flight on Wednesday to Lima was 3 hours late so I spent almost the whole day oin the airport and din't get to the hostel until 9. It was fun though cos when I arrived Jen and Sara had met each other and were cooking for us all- not a bad welcome party!

Yesterday we got up and sorted everything out and then got on a bus at 2 and got off it at 10 this morning. It was quite a nice bus, called semi-cama which means that the seats go back a decent way but you are still sleeping at quite an angle. The first few hours were fun as we went along the coast. It was just desert everywhere, with a very rough Pacific on our right and sand everywhere else. Nice and flat though. Then, just before dark we headed east and spent the rest of the time going up and down lots of mountains in a succession of hair-pin bends. To be honest it was rather nauseating and sleeping was hard as every 30 seconds or so you were thrown one direction or the other! Jen is currently having a nap to catch up on some sleep and recovering as she felt a bit ill this morning. Also about 9 o'clock last night we got stopped by a police car who insisted on escorting us and two other buses up as something had happened further up the road. They were showing a horror film on the TV so we were a bit scared but in the end it was fine and our drivers were actually the best I've ever come across in South America! The worst journey is definitely over!

We went out to explore for a bit when we got here and are going back out later. Then tomorrow we're off to the Sacred Valley and on Sunday Machu Picchu!