Hello from the 2nd country of my world trip - Bolivia. Bolivia is roughly the size of France and Spain combined and is one of only two South American countries that are totally landlocked (the other being Paraguay). This is one reason why it is the poorest country in South America. I´ve got just under 2 weeks here before heading south into wealthier Chile. Our last night in Peru was also Sarah´s 23rd birthday, which we celebrated in a nice restaurant in Puno. ...

And already its my final blog from Peru... It seems to have gone really quickly, though when I look back on all the different things I´ve done in this diverse country I can´t believe I´ve crammed it all into just under 3 weeks. I´ve a feeling despite this being the 1st country of my tour it´ll be one of my favourites, largely down to the hugely distinct array of cultures evident here. The last few days I´ve been aquainting myself with another culture - that...

And so arrived the day of the Inca Trail, possibly the thing I was most looking forward to in my entire world trip. We left our main guide, the popular and lovable Shirley in Ollantaytambo, and joined up with Fernando and Carlos, 2 fun loving, totally crazy and slightly annoying Peruvians for the trail, which started a 30 minute bus ride from Ollantaytambo in a place known as kilometre 82 (82 kilometres for Cusco). We´d been provided with duffel bags in which to...

Hello. I´m back in civilisation after 4 brilliant days up in the Andean Highlands. I´ll put all about the Inca Trail in a seperate blog and focus this one on my days in Cusco and Ollyantaytambo. As I said before I quite liked Cusco as its a very beautiful place. Our hotel has absolutely fantastic views over the city which I´ll really miss when we set off for Puno tomorrow. Its great, although this time I´ve got to climb a horrific 122 steps to get to my room ...

A much shorter blog this time I promise. Not all that much to say about the last 12 hours, other than the fact I survived our local flight from Arequipa to Cuzco. We had to get up at 4.30am for it, hence my sleep deprivation, and the plane went via some other town near Lake Titicaca, so it was two half hour flights. We left at 6.25am and arrived at 8.10am. We flew with LAN, who I´m flying to New Zealand with, and the plane was really smart. I was picturing a cra...