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Cusco: City of Death Taxis *this post contains strong language from naughty people...* The Stunning Rainbow Mountains As always the coach trips in South America although comfy seem to be much longer then advertised. They are particularly ogre-some when one is waiting to see there long lost parents in deepest darkest Peru. Luckily we were at the top of the coach so we could see them as we pulled into the bus port. Re-United at last yay!!! So great to see them. Pachacutec in the Plaza de Armas Upon writing this the parents decided to give their titles to Cusco, 'the unfinished town', 'the place with the fecking woofy dogs,' 'bloody booming elections,' all in all I think they enjoyed it. To be fair, Cusco has had rapid expansion in the last 50 years due to the tourism generated by Machu Picchu discovered (by westerners, the locals new it was there all along) in the 1900s, and it is still growing due to the recently uncovered rainbow mountains and...

An adventure in New Zealand's South Island Our time is somewhat limited in New Zealand, we have just over two weeks to travel through the country and explore some of its sights, many would say that this is not enough. I am inclined to agree with this statement, however with financial constrictions and a desire to see a lot of South America and all the other wonderful places we've been, we were unable to spend too long in New Zealand's stunning scenery (but hopefully we will be back in the future!).  So we had a week to spend in the South Island where due to flights we started in Christchurch before moving to Kaikoura (I do now realise that a map may be helpful!) Ta da! Thanks to the Lonely Planet! So as you can see Christchurch is quite far north and we miss some epic sites from the rest of the island, but this was the best we were able to do. Christchurch Our time in Christchurch was somewhat odd. We stayed in a gentleman's house who was really...