I have wanted to go to Cusco since I was eighteen years old and in my first year of university. It is phenomenally beautiful, Inca walls prop up Spanish colonial mansions and churches in a clash of cultures unlike anywhere else I know of. The city is higher than most mountain peaks in Europe and within stones throw of some of the most impressive megalithic ruins I’ve ever seen.

I’ve recently picked up working on my programming and come back to the course Learn Python The Hard Way by Zed A. Shaw.

Since I started learning to program the field of Dev Ops has been the area I’ve found fascinating. In January I attended a meetup where a member of Sainsbury’s Dev Ops team presented on Terraform and decided I’d try it to manage some personal infrastructure.

On Tuesday the 8th we flew to Iquitos in the North East of Peru. Iquitos is the largest city in the world not accessible by road, the only way in and out is by air or boat. Sitting on the banks of the Amazon and it’s tributaries it feels like the end of the world.

The view from the cliff tops looking out over the pacific is spectacular and watching the sun set over the pacific, an ocean I’ve never seen before, is very special.

This build came about from spare parts, it is heavily compromised but represents a very cheap entry point into FPV mini quads.