Luke and I have just entered the infamous “Red Zone”. This is an area of the Andes that has a history of violence and illegal activity. From the 1970s onwards the Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso or Peruvian Communist Party) have had a stronghold in the Upper Huallaga Valley, still the largest coca-growing area in the [...]

We are currently in Curahuasi waiting on my boots to arrive (been a long time in the waiting). Our route to date has not been very linear. After leaving Chinchaypucyo we headed deeper into the hills going up and down, up and down and repeating as the days went by. Eventually we contoured round a [...]

Thanks to Abigail and Georgina who sent the following questions after reading the article about us in The Young Times, here are our answers… Abigail and Georgina asked: How long did it take you to climb Mount Mismi to the top of the mountain? Ed – It took us about three weeks to walk to [...]

After the “short” stop over in Cuzco sorting a multitude of administration, Ed, Oswaldo and I have hit the trail again. We’re currently in a small market town called Chinchaypucyo, just a few kilometres off to the north of the River Apurimac.    Getting here has involved a lot of recognition in hind-sight! For example, [...]