After 9 hours on a small boat from Copacobana we reached Peru. We arrived in Puno like illegal immigrants. The boat engine and lights were turned off and we were guided in by sticks to not attract attention to us. We were then met by a tour guide who led us to the centre of Puno to get our passports stamped. Little did we know the city was blockaded due to protests! The Peruvians were protesting against a Canadian company who are buying land and mines that will e...

Uyuni After an emotional goodbye in Sucre, we headed for Uyuni and just our luck, three crying screaming children sat behind us for 9 hours!!!! We arrived in Uyuni early evening to find out they had no electricity due to a power cut, so with no lights to see hotel rooms we picked one near the main plaza and headed out for dinner which was by candle light. We soon found out that the cash machine was out of order which meant we could not afford to pay for the tour...

Sucre After 2 bad night’s sleep on buses we checked in to the first half decent hotel for 2 nights and decided to rest. We instantly felt out of place in Bolivia, the locals seemed very rude and spoke no English and we spoke very little Spanish, so we thought we were going to hate it. After spending some time in the centre of Sucre, we realised not all Bolivians were rude and began to settle in. We booked a week’s intensive course of Spanish lessons and mov...

Santiago After deciding to cut our time down in New Zealand we contacted the company to find out about moving our flights. We were however shocked when we found out we either leave in 18 hours or not for another month as they were the only flights available. As a result we had a mad panic rushing from Roturua to Auckland and not getting to explore the city before leaving for South America. We arrived to blazing sun in Santiago, much to Angie's delight. We found ...

Napier After being spoiled by the Ashton's in Palmerston North, we headed back on the road to Napier, the Art Deco capital of the world. In 1931 Napier suffered an Earthquake and rebuilding at this time was inspired by Art Deco. The beautiful buildings very quickly got Angie snap happy taking as many photos as the camera would allow! We went up to the lookout point witch over looked the Pacific ocean giving spectacular views for miles. The next day whilst Angie ...