To talk you through my whole 15 days in Peru would leave both you and I overwhelmed. I'm still piecing together the whole experience myself and trying to find my way back into reality after a busy, wonderful and fulfilling holiday. I'd only been abroad, prior to Peru, twice in my life. Travelling has always appealed to me but when I lived in Gloucestershire our holidays took us down to Cornwall, and by the age of 7 we moved there to call Cornwall home. Our family couldn't afford the luxury of holidays abroad and we were ok with that. 

But now, I can afford my own holidays and without three children in tow, my parents can also afford their own.

So, Peru, my third big holiday abroad and my first opportunity to experience an adventurous and challenging guided tour across several cities and towns, the Amazon, the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu and Lake Titicaca. 

But before I begin, I have to commend Exodus and our tour guide Bobby, on the incredible organisation of this tour. Bobby in particular had to respond quickly to numerous challenges along our trip, including teacher strikes, miner strikes and a forest fire, and he did so without sacrificing our experience. Admittedly we had to rush on occasions and leave places faster than we would have liked, but he worked tirelessly to ensure the little blips didn't spoil where we were headed next.

I can't thank him enough for the wonderful experience. 

So, first up...the Amazon!

On our first day in Peru we arrived in Lima and had very little time to explore the city, with jet lag dragging us into our hotel beds and an early wake up call the next day encouraging us to start our exploration of Peru. We took a bus to the airport and set off on our way to Puerto Maldonado.

We didn't see much of the city but passing through in our bus we saw some incredible statues on the roundabouts. In Lima and later in Cusco, it became clear to us that Peru are big on statues - and despite the glared picture we took, how awesome is this one?!

Upon arrival at the Puerto Maldonado airport we were immediately blown away by the sheer heat and humidity of the Amazon. This city was only a stopover, where we left our main suitcases behind in the offices of Cayman Lodge and headed by bus towards our next mode of transport. We took our now reduced baggage and boarded a very rickety boat, to speed down the river towards the Tambopata National Reserve.

We were given a lunch made by the lodge where we were headed to of rice and chicken wrapped in a banana leaf. The boat moved at a slow pace whilst we all munched down our delicious food and once we'd finished, the boat sped off. We barely even noticed the near two hours it took to arrive at our lodge. There was just so much to see. 

The surroundings of the river were what I imagined and more. We've all seen the Amazon on television but its sheer size when you see it in person is just overwhelming. The width of the river, the height of the trees, even the size of the wildlife. You can see capybara in most zoo's in the UK, but to see a family of them up close and in the wild is a completely different experience. There was a sense of peace I felt, seeing them in the wild rather than caged behind a fence, in an enclosure much too small. Along the journey we spotted plenty of capybara families, white caymans basking in the last hour of the sun light, birds of many varieties and a cow, which for some reason I didn't expect, but it was there nonetheless.  

A cute capybara family

Passing by other lodges - we were told many were for tourists but there were still families living in the area too

A white cayman taking a break

We arrived at our lodge close to sunset, and what an incredible place it was. We stayed at Cayman Lodge Amazonie - there were many lodges all along the river, but this had been selected and booked by our tour company Exodus. I can't say anything about the other lodges as we only saw them from afar, but this place was very peaceful and we all felt so at home. We were shown around the camp ever so briefly before being shown to our own lodge. As a group of nine we were shown to a big lodge with four separate rooms. Michael and I had our own room, then Kate and Natalie, two solo travellers, were in the next room and the family of five, Martin, Annette, Stanza, Mirren and Megan were spilt between the final two rooms. Whilst the rooms were separate we didn't actually have ceilings. The roof arched high above the walls and a mosquito net covered the rooms, meaning we could quite easily converse between rooms and we all heard the squeals of the individuals who braved the ice cold showers.

The walkway to our paradise

We missed the actual sunset, but we still had many beautiful views of the sun glistening on the river

The sun setting on our first night in the Amazon

This boat is very similar to ours - it doesn't look like it'd be rickety, but at the speed it went it certainly felt it!

The walkway to the Hammock Lodge

Our walkway from our lodge back to the dining hall and the bar

That evening, our tour guide for the Amazon, Frank, took us into the rainforest for a night walk. Our head torches were secured in place, we were wrapped up warm as the temperature drops quite noticeably at night (at least it did for me because I'm always cold!), and Frank had a machete, just in case. We felt very safe, as you would expect. The route we were taking was well maintained by the camp and a route that was no doubt specifically created to pass by many creatures and critters that had created themselves a nice habitat within the rainforest. Michael was more up for being let loose in the rainforest, but the lodge did give you a sense that the rainforest was much safer than you thought. Had we not had two guides who were armed not only with machetes but also with sensational knowledge of the area and the wildlife within it, we wouldn't have felt quite the same.  

Here's just a few of the creatures we saw:

In fact, there was so much to see we couldn't photograph it all and we all felt a bit intrusive with our flashes as it was so dark (plus it was very hard to use the focus properly on our camera!). We saw two tarantulas, one with her babies, a millipede, ants and spiders galore, moths and resting butterflies and so many little insects I've never seen in my life before. It was truly incredible. Frank brought us to a stop and asked that we all turn off our head torches, so we stood there in the pitch black of the Amazon Rainforest and he told us to look up and listen to the noises around us. There wasn't any light pollution and the stars illuminated the sky, and there was no man made noise, just the sound of the animals surrounding us. It was probably the most peaceful moment I've experienced.

After our journey through the rainforest, we made our way safely back to the main lodge for dinner and a drink at the bar should we so wish. I didn't polish off any cocktails until the second night, but hands down, they were the best cocktails I have ever tasted.

We headed back to our bedroom lodges for an early night, ready for an early wake up call to continue exploring. Come back next time to hear about pitch black boat rides, searching for a jaguar and birds that are more majestic and colourful than Austin Powers. 

Over the years, I've become a more active person. It would astound some of my old school friends to hear this, but I like to exercise; I like to go to the gym and lift weights, I like to go running in the week and cycle to work. Just two weeks ago I spent four days hiking in Peru to reach Machu Picchu. One thing is for sure, I've certainly changed over the years.

But one thing that hasn't changed is the style of earphones I use. I find I'm unfocused during a workout without earphones in and my music playing, though I have to say, the wires don't always want to play ball. Some of my workout clothes lack pockets, which seems frankly ridiculous (why did I ever buy them?), and the ones that have pockets sit along my back - depending on what exercise you're doing, this isn't always the most comfortable of locations. But when I have no awkwardly positioned pocket to even turn to, I have to commit to doing a workout that involves never having a reason to put my phone down or being able to have it within wire reach which is pretty restrictive and not always possible. Alas, more often than not I have to abandon my earphones throughout multiple segments of my workout and resign myself to listening to loud conversations, normally unintentionally, and/or whatever they're playing in the gym. 

I don't know about your gym, but mine has normal television programmes on the go on the main TV, which is connected to the main sound system that we cannot control, so it's Eastenders or Bargain Hunt...and no music...almost all of the time. I can't think why I would wear earphones there. 

So when I'm not having to abandon my earphones, everything should be A-OK right? Wrong. Two words: caught wires. Whenever I'm prancing about the house, cleaning and singing, I get caught on numerous objects. Again, it's a pocket related issue in most instances. I'm wearing leggings and a baggy t-shirt, I've not a pocket in sight, I put my phone down and then my earbud is suddenly being violently plucked out of my ear as I catch the wires on a door handle. 

So, maybe I need more pockets? 

Or maybe I need less wires?

These little babies have saved my workouts, saved my cleaning sprees and saved my ears. 

I honestly don't think I've appreciated a material possession more than I have these earphones. I was a fan of Sudio before, having tried out both their Klang and Vasa earphones, but now I just love them even more. The Tre earphones follow a similar design to the Klang and Vasa, with flat wires that rest easy along the back of your neck. The one thing I loved most about this flat wire design is the lack of tangling it equates to. I can fold them away easily into their leather case and know they won't come out in a mangled mess. Even if I'm in a rush and I have to wind them up and slot them in my pocket, again I know I won't regret it when I get them back out. However, the main benefit of these is the bluetooth feature which means...less wires!

I've wanted bluetooth earphones for some time now due to all the reasons aforementioned, but I'm fussy about brands and designs, so I've held it off. But when I was given the opportunity to review the newly launched earphones created by a brand I already believe in and trust, I was more than excited. 

As you can guess, I've not been disappointed. 

The sound quality is, as always with Sudio, clear and perfect. I use these everyday on my cycle or walk to work, and I can confidently go on my way knowing they won't be dangling out my ears with every movement I make. The design of the earbud is tipped so it follows the shape of your ear and sits comfortably. This also makes it incredibly easy to change earbuds - or 'wing tips' as Sudio refers to them on this model - they have simple notches that slide out rather than buds that stretch over the earphone and these aren't at all fiddly to get into place.

I can also confidently get into my workout routine knowing that Songs of Praise will not distract me. Tre earphones block out sound just right - I don't need to put the volume to max on my phone just to block everything out, I can happily have my volume below the 'dangerous' zone my iPhone indicates and still block out the noise around me.

The battery life has only thrown me on one occasion. Once connected on your phone via bluetooth, it shows both your battery and the battery left on the earphones - as you can see to the left. When I was walking home once my battery showed as 20% on the Sudio Tre earphones but then they went dead. I was a little disappointed but since then I've not had the same issue. I've been using them for three weeks for up to 1-3 hours a day and I have only had to charge them twice so far, so I'm personally pretty pleased! They only take 2 hours for a full charge and can last for up to 9 hours at a time (when active).

Overall, I'm really impressed with these earphones. They're definitely cut out for my lifestyle, however, I did give them one last test today and that was against some high intensity interval training. The wings stayed in my ear just about, but it was the left hand block built to match the right hand control that weighed me down a little. I found when I was jumping around doing high intensity, it weighed down the earphones a lot more than it had with previous exercises I had tested them out on. It's certainly manageable and aesthetically I can see why this is there, it was only a minor irritation to have to readjust on a few occasions to stop the buds falling out - mind you, it was no where close to the irritation caused by wired earphones during workouts!

It's pros definitely outweigh the very minor con that I have picked up on!

Now I'm no tech geek, but I know a good pair of earphones when I listen in for a good few weeks but  if you want to really understand the spec, click here.

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I would highly recommend these earphones, as I have all of Sudio's products that I have tried and tested so far. The quality is by far the best I've experienced in both sound and design, and I've yet to be disappointed with a model they have made. If you're looking to experience bluetooth earphones, I'd definitely recommend Sudio Tre.