For starters well done England, and what a mach. I managed successfully to not wake Jen up until about 2 minutes from the end of normal time, so I`m not really in the doghouse either...back of the net.

This morning started well (ruby) and went downhill from there. Jen woke up with a migraine, and then the twat behind the desk at the hotel thought the 100 soles note we paid for the room with was a fake, and the 2nd one i offered ,a nd the 3rd and 4th...eventually we made it into a cab with him cursing us. I got the notes from the bank last night for Godssakes, and if I was going to go into large scale money faking it wouldn`t be with Peruvian Soles...

The bus journey to Cusco was a nightmare, the bus stopped everywhere (despite climing it was direct with no stops), the air con wasn`t switched on (contra to their promises pre-departure) and one guy (a Peruvian surprisngly) had his bag nicked. Top that off with the length of time it took to go 350 kms (7hours) and you can understand why it was a nightmare...however, every cloud and all that...

Cusco is lovely, yes, it`s touristy but that has it`s bonuses, shedloads of great restaurants for starters. Also we don`t get hit upon by hawkers as much as we look a little like scabby backpackers (well I do at least, no hair cut for 10 weeks and counting) compared to all the tour groups here to see Machu Picchu. No idea of our plans as yet, we´re off to talk to some travel agents now. H & R arrive tomorrow, should be fun being back together again (God I sound all whistful...)