Machu Picchu

Wow... Where to start! Peru is fabulous! We arrived in a blurr of international flights, jet lag, tiredness and altitude sickness (a feeling a little bit like a hangover or when you are overtired or hungry!) But the experiences so far have well exceeded all my expectations! The first couple of days were taken up with travelling and arriving in Cuzco - the base for trips into the Andes and approx 3500m above sea level (hence the altitude issues!) Day 3 was Machu Picchu. I did wonder whether all the expossure to images of the place I have had in the past would make the real thing less impressive, but i was spectacularly wrong. The whole place is awe-inspiring. A photo can never capture the magnitude of the place and the aura surrounding it. I felt like crying when I first saw it.