26th July, Arrival In Peru

Maz and Rich. They live in Bermuda at the moment, but are probably on the move again! Here we met up in a cafe in Cusco. They were on holiday for a massive family reunion. The next day they would start the Inca trail...

In the centre on Cusco. Here I'm very busy acclimatising. Here it's over 3300m altitude, so the best thing to do is walk around in flip flops and take acclimatisation very seriously...

The rest of the team doing the same. This is Becky taking hydration seriously..

Night falls fast. This is the courtyard in the middle of our hotel.

Wow, on the 24th, I was ice climbing with Lena in Chamonix, now something different...

I had to travel on my birthday - 26th! So travelling to Peru turning the clocks back 6 hours, meant that I had a 30 hour birthday! I met the Scout team from Andover at Heathrow, and we eventually made our way to Lima, and Cusco in Southern Peru, at 3300m. The trip was mainly to trek the Classic 4 day Inca trail to Machu Picchu. I was working for Adventure Peaks.

I managed to immediately meet up with friends Rich and Maz who were having a great holiday form Bermuda. They were about to start their Inca Trail the next day...