I am 100% better today and feel so wonderful now that I do not have a headache like an arrow through the head. Had a really lovely day wondering around Cusco. Serious walking kicks in tomorrow. I think we have to face a further 1000 metres of altitude yet. It is incredible how it hits you and how it affects different people. I know that is what people told me before I left but experiencing it is something very different! Already two of our party have needed the doctor and quite a few of us were really struggling.

There is a fiesta tonight so we will go and watch. A few are off to sample guinea pig – am glad I am vegetarian. I have met some lovely people and heard some amazing stories and I find it incredibly moving how as a group we have all been drawn here. The local people are lovely. Often we are offered things to buy but in not too pushy a way. There is such a positive feeling here and it seems to be woven into the brightness of the clothes. The faces of people are so open, its like you can read their lives.

I had been enjoying taking pictures BUT… Unfortunately the “fool-proof” camera is not so Jo-proof and has given up working this afternoon. Others have said I can share their pictures though which is lucky.

I will endeavour to keep more detailed notes, but now, I am just really enjoying living it.

Jo