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And this is true. I have always had a good experience with Expedia. My modus operandi is to book tickets on Expedia with Alliance (*A, OW, ST) airlines. Yet I put around $500k per year through Expedia and always use the .com website. If I don't get what I looking for I pick up the phone and...

I booked several flights for myself and +1 directly through CX website and it took around 7 days for the e-ticket to come through. The booking showed up in both our QF accounts straight away and a few days later, after being a bit concerned, I did "Check My Trip" and it was there also. It...

Yep, 50 mins is too tight. Even though DFW is a very efficient airport, i wouldn't do it. I always allow at least 2hrs+ for a connection in any airport anywhere in the world. One thing to note, there are no immigration formalities to go through when you leave the USA (this has always...

Actually you are quite right, it is Aguas Calientes. I blame the little sleep and too much champagne......

Thanks for the feedback everyone. It was a great little trip and I had a ball writing it up :-) Hopefully I have some more entertaining trips to write about - we have Montreal, London, Florence and Paris coming up in a few weeks....

I got talking with some friends tonight about our worst ever airport experiences and it seems that what constitutes "worst" is a personal thing. I am wondering what others have classed as their "worst" ever. I have two: LHR 16 December, 2010 - the infamous "we don't know how to deal with a...

NP :-) Not 100% sure about that. Peruvian abandoned the route late 2012, we looked at them and then went LAN, but may have started again. No TACA flights on the day we travelled, at least none I saw on the info screen. It was all Star Peru & LAN (15 flights delayed that morning!)

I hear what you say and I get it :-)

Actually I disagree with you bossreggie. There are hundreds of extremely talented actors and singer (as there are talented chefs) who none of us will ever be aware of. Most of the time, "Celebs" with any cred whatsoever have spent most of their lives perfecting their craft (ie Cate Blanchett...

Looking back on this trip 1 ½ months later and thinking about the 30+ flights, 20 odd hotel rooms and the countless people I have engaged with since then, one thing comes back again and again. It doesn’t matter what you do, how many flights you take, how many hotels you stay in or how many...

It's a domestic flight, so no lounge. Priority desk check in only at major airports (doesn't exist in CUZ). Check in agent in LIM recognised OWE straight away. Our pre-assigned seats were 15A/B. She moved us to 1A/B without even asking. We only had Carry On so can't comment about bag tagging...

Wednesday 20 February, 2013 Time to leave the magic of the Andes and back to the car horns and impatience of the Big City. We check out and jump into another beat up old mini van to the airport. Check in is a disaster. It very foggy in Cuzco this morning and every flight in is delayed by...

We take the train back to Cuzco, arrive at Rio Sagrado, get on the bus and travel through the darkness to Poroy Station. And we are met by…….. No one. Our pre-booked transport didn’t show up, despite numerous calls from me and the train manager. No answer. Yet, like everything else on our...

And then the entire reason for our trip ends L We have a feeling of loss inside of us, a loss that we can't explain. What we do have is the feeling inside us of what the ancient Incas had in mind when the city was built, the new life they wanted to create. The simplicity and perfection they...

Tuesday 19 February, 2013 We wake late, around 11:00 and stumble around for a while taking in the amazing view whilst attempting to make it breakfast before 12:00. Like most of our timings, we get there at 11:45 and the lovely staff indulge us in our lateness. We finish our breakfast just in...

Totally wiped out from a combination of 3 hours sleep, early morning champagne, more champagne, a 3 course meal match with wine and desert wine, we crash as soon as the bellboy closes the door. We sleep a wonderful sleep, infused with light mountain air and pouring rain. Later we wake and...

And so we arrive in Ollantaytambo, the base camp for journeys up to the Ancient City, and I am depressed. A tourist trap full of bars, hotels and poor people trying to sell fake and cheaply made versions of Peruvian creations. I know that if we had the time today, we would discover a hidden...

Some of the spectacular views on the journey:

Poroy, Cuzcu – 0800 “Good Morning and welcome to the Hiram Bingham Orient Express. Can I offer you a glass of Champagne” Well, of course. We sip Champagne at an hour that I usually associate with Christmas Day. Today also feels like Christmas Day, and so we rejoice, standing on the...