Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Hola from Peru


It took us a long time to get here, but now Annalisa and I (Joh) are settling into Cuzco ready for our Andean adventure.

We set off on Monday morning Sydney time for a 12-hour flight to Santiago, Chile. The sun rose over South America as we changed time zones and we flew over many snow covered mountains. Our next flight was to Lima, Peru's capital, where we stayed overnight (Monday night in Peru).

While it was nice sleep in a bed, we were all itching to get to Cuzco to see where we'd be spending the next few days. Our late morning flight took us over more of the Andes, with tiny villages dotted throughout the valleys.

Our first acclimatisation exercise was this afternoon after lunch in the city. We walked through Cuzco's cobbled streets from 3500m above sea level up 100m further to see the city of 500,000, which is nestled in the valley, from a new vantage point. The air is definitely thinner here, but we have coped with the change in altitude so far.

We have a three-hour walk higher up outside Cuzco tomorrow in readiness for our #TrekTowardsACure to Machu Picchu, with support from our Platinum sponsors Juice Plus, David Jones, OnePoint and Mission Foods.

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