After a long and boring bus journey, made especially long when our bus broke down for two hours in the middle of nowhere and we survived between lunch and dinner on a snickers bar, we finally arrived in Cusco :-)!! Tired and starving we checked into our hotel and went to find a burger restaurant recommended on tripadvisor. To get to the restaurant we had to pass through the square in the centre of the old town and it looked amazing all lit up. One thing we did no...

As I mentioned in the last blog we decided that we could do Colca Canyon without the help and cost of a tour company and guide. Colca Canyon was a must for our visit to Arequipa as it is the second deepest canyon in the world!! To get to Colca Canyon we took a public bus to Cabanacondor from Arequipa which took about 6.5 hours and passed through the mountainous landscape around Mount Chachani. We checked into our nice but old looking hostel at the top of the t...

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...