Day Two (Lesmahagow to Peru) What kind of image do you have in your head when you think about Peru, if you think about Peru? Is it of walking/climbing the Inca Trail on a journey of self discovery through the Andes? Is it the picture postcard view of the Cordillera Blanca Mountains? The wonder of the Incas, the amazing Nazca Lines in the desert? Do you see the Amazon Rainforest spread out in all it's green and glorious splendour? And then there's the prize of Macchu Piccu. Well, I know that I did. I have seen the brochures, watched Michael Palin on his treks around the world, imagined what Peru would be like. But I didn't imagine the reality. This is just one of the shanty towns of Lima, where there is no water, no sanitation,
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