Week 5 has been amazing , coming to Cusco preparing for a 4 day hike to Machu Picchu.
Hike starting of with me almost not being able to access hike due to passport issues , after fixing a picture on phone of old psssport finally able to access hike 4 hours late, so me and another traveller sprinted the hike in 3,5 hours before getting dark .
The 4 day hike has been amazing , extremly hard but so worth it , breath taking views, can not be photographed as seen , needs to be experienced , if you ever get the chance to go to Peru and Machu Picchu take it. Really hard hike up to 4000 meters and down to 2000 meters using inka trail stairs all the way, extremly hard but well worth it. Been sleeping in tent 3 nights ( well trying to sleep at least) carrying a packpack and sleeping bag 10 hours a day, but wont complain , people live here, hiking up and down mountains every day.
Summary week 5 , best trip ever, if you can , go there before it is closed down for turism .

So 1 month have passed, feels strange being away for this long.
Last week we have been travelling in Peru from Lima to Paracas (Poor mans Galapagos )to to Nasca where we stay until tomorrow . Peru consist of so much desert, never ending story it feels like at times. In Huanchaco for example it rains every 8 years or so, this weeks high is for sure the Nasca lines , so amazing, how did they do them? And why?
Tomorrow we hit the roads again heading towards Cusco and Inca trail, wish me good luck to my 4 days hiking and sleeping in tent

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Week 3 started with a lot of time on the road, 600 kilometers ending with sleeping on the bus at a gas station, followed by another long day and 500km on the road, after 2 weeks in Ecuador we crossed the boarder to Peru, where we stay 3 weeks, currently in Lima where we yesterday visited a shanty town , 70% of the population in Lima live in poverty.
In the soup kitchens they prepare food for 50 for 12 dollars/day. The only meal many of them eat (separate post will follow regarding this) there is do much we can do to help

Week 2 started off with some transfer from Quito to Otavalo and then to Banos and Amazonas djungle, last stop in Ecuador then in 2 days we enter Peru , Amazonas djungle is massive we have just scratched the surface by entering the outskirts of it, so impressive, Banos is a place of extreme avtivities such as rock climbing and rafting and bungyjump, and on the other side loads of spa and hot springs

In a bit more than 1 week there are so many impressions, I love South America , started off with 1 day in Quito a 5 million habitant city at 3200 meters over Sea level ( which could be felt) followed by 6 days in paradise Galapagos Islands San Cristobal-Santa Cruz-North Seamore, so much to see in terms of animals , dont think I have digested Galapagos yet, the only thing with the Islands we went to was that they are simular in the wild life, so many of us felt we probably would have preferred for exmake Isobela Island over one of the other ( pinguins and flamingos) . Today back in Quito and in 2 days the true adventure starts , 2 months living on a bus travelling Ecuador -Peru-Bolivia -Paraguay -Argentina and Brazil
Cant wait to get on the roads

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Well worth spending a week in Galapagos , visited 3 Islands and seen so many cool animals

Insjö (alger?)

Fregatt bird all Puffed up to attract females

Land Iguan

Bluefooted 'boobies'

Today I have been exploring the neighbourhood and just outside this is captured on the doorstep

Today I arrived at Galapagos , San Cristobel Island 8000 locals , 97 % of Island reservation, no more spread of buildings across Island so all new constructions needs to be built upwards