The GRANDE Family Holiday

After showing Mum, Dad and Jane the main parts of Santiago, taking them on the public transport system and running them around the city we left on the 28th for Lima, Peru. We arrived in Lima where we visited the main square, one of many to come and saw the Cathedral and Government house. It is an interesting place, probably the most exciting was the cab drive in and out of Lima, it was pretty mad, the lanes are there but no one uses them and they don't waste ANY time. It was here we got our first go at bargaining and it was great fun!

We only stayed one night in Lima, on the 29th we headed for Cuzco. Flying in at 3,310m it took a bit more energy to climb stairs etc. Dad suffered the most from the altitude but once he took some pills he recovered pretty quickly. Cuzco has so much history even just in it's streets, you can still see bits of ancient Inca ruins. Here we got good at bargaining for arts, crafts and alpaca jumpers. Dad had to get used to getting chased by children and being called Santa Claus and after all that being asked for money. The following day in Cuzco we had a city tour. We saw the cathedral and main square. We also travelled up to an ancient ruins site where we saw our first Inca constructions. That night we got ready to travel to the great Machu Picchu.

We also visited an factory full of Alpaca jumpers, beanies etc. We learnt the difference between the wool and then Dad and I got to trying things on...