Month: January 2010

  • Wednesday 6 January 2010 Highlights: Planelerra project – Ccaccacollo, Pisc Ruins, Inca Pub, Hiking the ruins of Ollantaytambo We visited the Planelerra project in the Ccaccacollo Community. Planeterra, which is the charity arm of GAP Adventures to help local communities, has been working with the Ccaccaccollo community to develop a women’s weaving cooperative since 2005.…

  • Tuesday 5 January 2010 Highlights: Sun Temple, Exploring Inca Ruins We decided to forgo the free breakfast at the hotel and instead went to ‘Jacks’ were I had the ham & cheese toast, Andrew went for the pancakes. The serves were huge and no one managed to finish. Gareth, Emma, Kelly & Karen decided to…

  • Monday 4 January 2010 Highlights: Paragliding over the Sacred Valley of the Incas I finally managed to eat some food for breakfast so I must be getting over the bug / food poisoning. Andrew managed to convince Karen to sign up for paragliding today so off all three of us went at 9.30 am. The…

  • Sunday 3 January 2010 Highlights: Struggling to recover, the beautiful Plaza de Armas First we said goodbye to Shrina, Indu, Kate and Brooke for their Amazon adventure, however it turned out later that Brooke had to miss the Amazon trip due to being unwell. I understand a doctor had to assist Brooke.  I was still not…

  • Saturday 2 January 2010 Highlights: Still very unwell Unfortunately I was still very unwell and this was a travel day.  I barely survive the 4 hour journey but I got there somehow.