Julie - Only home 24 hours and I returned to the airport to fly to Dubbo for my cousin Brett's wedding. The wedding and the weekend were a great success and the bride looked stunning, as you will see from the pics! I also brought home the Peruvian hat called a chullo (chu-yo) for everyone (made from alpaca wool)...you will agree they all look really super sexy in them! [View Full Entry]

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Julie from Sydney - well I have made it home now after a tidious journey of 38 hours from Lima to Sydney. Marco is still in Lima for another three weeks to catch up with his family. Here are some pics of the extended Neyra family... [View Full Entry]

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Here are some pics of our favourite food and drink in Peru...truly Peru can lay claim to one of the world's best cuisines... [View Full Entry]

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Our favourite pics of the Andean countryside surrounding Cusco... [View Full Entry]

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Julie - Finally the day had dawned when we were to go to Machu Picchu. Our train left Ollantaytambo station at midday and took 1 1/2 hours to arrive in Aguas Calientes (Hot Springs) which is the town at the bottom of the hill from Machu Picchu. It is a very small but lively town with some many restaurants and hotels it´s not funny. We had booked the Wiracocha Inn, a hotel a bit above our usual price range at $55. We were expecting great luxury for that price, considering our other hostels have cost so far around $25-$30 a night. [View Full Entry]

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Marco - We arrived in Ollantaytambo (pronounced O-yan-tie-tambo) on Saturday at lunchtime and we headed straight for the hostel. Julie had picked the hostel, a little family run place called Andean Moon. The first sign that things weren´t right was the dog poo everywhere in the small lane way which turned me off. But Julie was very keen to continue with the booking. We got to the hostel and the room had no TV - disaster! I would have to entertain myself by talking to Julie! As we stayed a bit longer, we realised that the bed was very small and [View Full Entry]

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Julie - Hi everyone...well, we are still in Cusco but leaving today for Ollantaytambo, about 80kms from here lower down in the mountains. From here we will get the train on Tuesday to Machu Picchu. We have had a very relaxing time in Cusco and seen most of the sights...lots and lots of old rocks! I love the archaeological sites, having studied ancient history in school, but I think Marco is a little over them! There are still more to see though... Marco has been eating his way through Cusco and enjoying everything on offer. I am still not eating much [View Full Entry]

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Just adding some more pics from Cusco... [View Full Entry]

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Julie - Hola from Peru! We are in Cusco, 3,400 metres up in the Andes Mountains and we are loving it. We have been here for five days and are settling in nicely. Cusco is a city of about 300,000 people so while it is quite busy, it is also very tranquil in comparison to Buenos Aires. The flight into Cusco is amazing...we had met Catriona from Getaway at the recent Sydney Travel Show and she advised us to sit on the left hand side of the plane as we flew into Cusco to get the best view. The pilot has [View Full Entry]

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Julie - We are writing from the safety of Peru - we finally managed to get out of Argentina but it was a close call - more on that later. I guess first we should say some nice things about Buenos Aires... We were surprised by the prices for food in both Argentina and Uruguay...a drink and a meal for the two of us usually came to around $10-$15 depending on which restaurant we went to. Marco says the meat was nice. I´ll have to believe him. For me I can say that my first meal after four days of being [View Full Entry]

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