Day 1 a raging success (of sorts)
With an early rise and both Jake and I almost missing our Cusco flights, we arrived nice and early, wheezing for our 11,200ft ration of air. After an...exciting cab ride with many threats of soiling ourselves, thusly demonstrating the flexible nature of the Peruvian road rules, we arrived at the quaint but characteristic WalkOn Inn just in tie to meet the fabled Dixie Chickens and the Peruvian Connection.
By 11.30 we'd arrived at our test driving location (needless to say, well in advance of the lovely adventurist management team), we were introduced to our noble steeds and started blasting them around the test track. Jake, in his infinite wisdom, decided three wheels was just not challenging enough for our skills and jumped it off a gutter on to two...before promptly side swiping the shit out of another teams mototaxi. Needless to say, soil for all.
 Despite early near death experiences (the first of many I'm sure), we had our beast under control and felt ready to tackle this adventure. A quick crash course in moto-mechanics later and I was feeling pumped to get on the road. So after a 50c lunch (which we tried to pay 5 times to much for and were laughed at by our lovely, honest waitress) we finished up our day of moto-mayhem and headed back to the Plaza de Armas for some dinner. Had some route planning discussions and discovered that the route we were planning on taking may be a dash more challenging than we had thought, we had our cheese burgers (without cheese), some merry discussions, and hit the hay. Ready for some more gut wrenching test driving today and a shopping spree for mechanical bits and pieces. Onwards!
