Arriving in Arequipa late Saturday evening we headed to our hotel, which was to be the nicest we stayed in in Arequipa, and then headed out for a late bite to eat and a quick look at the historical centre. The centre is UNESCO protected and made of white lava stone. The square looks very colonial Spanish and had a fountain in the middle surrounded by hundreds of pigeons. Very pretty compared to some of the places we've been to!! On Sunday our main target for the...

Arriving in Arequipa late Saturday evening we headed to our hotel, which was to be the nicest we stayed in in Arequipa, and then headed out for a late bite to eat and a quick look at the historical centre. The centre is UNESCO protected and made of white lava stone. The square looks very colonial Spanish and had a fountain in the middle surrounded by hundreds of pigeons. Very pretty compared to some of the places we've been to!! On Sunday our main target for the...

Hi All, This blog is going to cover our entire visit to lake Titicaca. Both Copacabana on the Bolivian side and Puno on the Peruvian side. Lake Titicaca is the highest navigable lake in the world at 3800m and split between Bolivia and Peru, Peru owning 55%. It is considered a fresh water lake as there is less than 1g of salt/100litres of water. We arrived in Copacabana on the Bolivian side on Sunday after a 4 hour coach transfer from La Paz. Halfway there we h...

Hi All Again apologies for the delay. I became a bit lazy with the blog writing but I am back on it now!! This one is going to talk about everything that has happened since we arrived in La Paz on a very bumpy and uncomfortable 12 hour bus journey from Uyuni!! We decided to go to La Paz for a couple of days before trying to make our way to Sajama National Park as we were both cold and tired from the 4 day salt flat excursion and Sajama was going to be equally ...

Our four day tour of Los Lipez, the Bolivian 'Reserve National de Fauna Andina Edurrdo Avaria' National Park and salt flats was absolutely spectacular and one of the highlights of our trip so far. We met with the group on Monday morning which consisted of Esben and I, Matt a guy from Florida who had been living and teaching in Mexico for three years and Sarah a half Indian Canadian girl who was travelling before going to Peru to excavate a site for her archeolo...