The 6 hour bus ride to Puno was thoroughly uncomfortable and past scenery that we´d already seen between Arequipa and Cuzco. At least this time the bus stayed in one piece. We were on recommendations again for hotels and this time it was Don Tito - a pretty good place with the usual amenities. It was freezing cold though. The climate at 4000m really hit us and it was a good job we´d bought hats and gloves in Cuzco. This was another town that was firmly on the t...

Well, getting to Cusco proved to be half the fun! A simple 8 hour bus journey (cost about 3 finest gbp) turned out to take us 14 hours! Not a pleasant experience considering the couple sat behind us munched on a big block of queso the whole way! What caused the delay? The bus setting on fire! We heard a massive bang and smelt burning rubber - one of the tyres had blown out and caught fire, so it was all off the bus and watch! We´re getting pretty used to these s...

We travelled the entire length of Peru in the space of 48hours. Why? Because so much of it is a dump. Why do guide books insist on raving about places that are off the so called ´beaten track´. Their usually off the track because theres nothing to do and their not particularly nice places. After an 8hour bus journey from Loja, Piura was not somewhere we wanted to be, it reminded us of arriving in Delhi back in January, except this place had all of the a...