KatieKerrySteph

**Warning pretty long blog post but I wanted to capture the story so I can re-read if I need to at a later date!** Background I had been on some pretty good holidays previously that were not the usual sit by the pool or beach all day kind. In fact each one seemed to be getting a bit more adventurous than the previous one. Don’t get me wrong I like having a holiday where you can do nothing but chill out in the sun and in fact the first time my friends suggested us going to New York for a holiday the price alone compared to my usual holiday in the sun was enough to put me off! But slowly the idea grew on me and after much discussion and planning the holiday turned into a ... read more

After another early start we were picked up and driven to the airport arriving ages in advance so we had plenty of time. We checked our bags in and then went through to try and find something to eat for breakfast. There was a choice of KFC, McDonalds or Dunkin Donuts. Dunkin donuts won out as we don't have that option near home so we settled down with a cappuccino and egg and cheese muffin each with an obligatory donut. The airport was pretty busy already even though it was only 7am. We were down to our last 18 Peruvian Soles so went on the hunt to try and spend them before leaving the country and picked up a gift for one of the cat sitters back home! We headed through security as normal and found ... read more

After not getting to bed until midnight and waking up yesterday at 3.50am I wasn't too happy when the alarm when off at 7am this morning. Although I was glad we had done all of our packing the night before, it was still a struggle to get out of bed. Our taxi pickup for the airport was at 8.15am so we had some time to get ready and go for a quick breakfast before checking out. We'd put our backpacks into the flight bags early and added our hiking boots too as we no longer needed to carry them in our hand luggage in case our main bags got lost. We manhandled them to reception just in time for the taxi driver to appear and call me Katty Button again :) Our bags were carried into ... read more

After going to bed pretty early in advance of the tough day ahead I was woken up at 2am by Steph shouting at me from her bed 'everything's wet it's leaking, all my stuff is wet'. I could hear the heavy rain on the roof of the jungle dome so I felt the dome inside by me to find it was dry and wondered what she was on about. Then I realised we had tried to open the flap Windows earlier on as it was very stuffy, she hadn't managed to do my side but I had managed to do her side and we'd left it open. Then it had started raining heavy in the night and she had woken up to the rain dripping through the tent top onto her face! It wasn't funny at ... read more

We were woken up at 5am with a knock at the door and some coca tea. We then had half an hour to sort all our stuff out, get dressed and appear for breakfast. We had made the mistake of leaving all this to the morning and struggled so the next few days we made sure to be more organised before going to bed. Anyway we got to breakfast where again there was a lot of choice and huge quantities. After breakfast we topped up our water in our day packs, made sure we were wearing enough layers and included our jackets and raincoats as it was going to cold at the top. We were ready and set off up to the pass at the same time as the other group. Getting out of camp was ... read more