18th April 2005

Firstly congratulations to the old man for correctly pointing out that La Paz is not the capital of Bolivia, obviously Sucre is. And thanks top Big Bro for his confidence in thinking i can take on the entire Bolivian army single handed and unarmed. Mind you Bolivia has never won a war in it´s recent history and has lost a lot of land because of that.

Yesterday we travelled to Cusco and encountered our 2nd road block by protesters, what joy. This time it was in a more scenic area with mountains and a waterfall to look at. Thankfully there was no dynamite and even better we found a football on our truck, found a nice patch of grass and proceeded to have a game. Started of just us lot playing but soon turned into other travellers joining in (mainly Peruvian but we did have an Argetinian on our team). Unfortunately the road block got cleared so we had to stop. There were several more road blocks a long the road but the riot police turned up and got rid of them, i´ve never clapped the police before and judging by their friendly waves back, don´t think they´ve been clapped much either!

Free day in Cusco to get any last minute things we need for the next few days. Tomorrow we go to the Sacred Valley and then it´s on to the Inca Trail. Get back to civilisation on Saturday evening for a few welcome drinks.

Cusco is a lovely place, been a real surprise. There is even an Irish bar here, so that´s me happy!