On the go…
The Lares Trail Tuesday – Thursday, 28-30 April It was with some trepidation that we left our comfortable hotel to follow the Lares trail for three days, sleeping in tents, climbing to a remote pass of over 4,700m, losing contact
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Active Adventures Sunday, Monday April 26 – 27 This morning we were to meet our fellow adventurers of the “Ultimate Machu Picchu and Amazon” journey. Our meeting point was scheduled for midday, at the hotel we would be staying at
Read moreCalm before the challenge Saturday 25 April NOTE: This post is temporary- we are half way to the start point of the Lares trail. A last chance to get internet before going off grid for three days. Lynne’s morning started
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Out Hiking Thursday 24 April After breakfast, we went on a preparatory expedition up the road to the Misky Factory Cafe, where we had a most satisfactory coffee and pastry yesterday. The purpose was to arm ourselves with a backup
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The City of Cusco Thursday 23 April After breakfast in the cold breakfast room, we decided to acclimatise to the altitude by devising our own walking tour of Cusco, Peter marching ahead, with Google Maps in hand, with Lynne and
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Arrived Wednesday 22nd AprilWe landed ahead of schedule in Lima and had allowed a good amount of transfer time before our flight to Cusco. This was to accommodate possible delays, navigating immigration, acquiring a SIM card and local currency. Everything
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Preamble It could well have been a safari in the Okavango Delta, or a visit to the polar bears in Svalbard. But, it became the ‘Ultimate Machu Picchu and Amazon adventure’, Lynne’s dream for years, with Peter markedly cooler on
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Cochin and home 30th November – 2nd December 2025 Our first task after checking in to the Malabar House Hotel was to go in search of an ATM as we had not expected to have to pay for extras on
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Kerala backwaters 27th -30th November Houseboat After the five hour drive, we arrived along a narrow lane to join our houseboat, a converted rice barge, for two nights, which was much more lavish than we were expecting AND it had
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Munnar and the Mountains 24th -27th November It was a relatively relaxed departure from our hotel at 8.30 am, avoiding the large puddles left by the previous night’s storm, but not noticeably cooler. After we left Fort Cochin, crossing the
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