We had a great train ride to Uyuni, getting to know Chris and Corina, enjoying our free snack and coke and me getting the whole carriage joining in on completing my crossword book. Much more fun than the antics that very morning getting our tickets!! The scenery was also spectacular and well woth the extra money compared to the bus ticket. Moreover we later learnt the road was unpaved and some other travellers had to get out and push their bus when it got stuck i...

On arriving in La Paz it took us a little while to direct our taxi driver to the correct road "Calle Aroma", in which we knew there were a few decent hostels, amidst the craziness of Carnival that continued on around us. We finally arrived in the right street to soon realise the hostels were a bit out of our price range so we wandered round the corner to find a cheaper place, although it was a bit dingy. After offloading our bags we headed out in hunt o...

A relatively uneventful overnight journey from Cusco with a 3 hour wait at Puno bus station and not so fresh toilets, despite our 30p charge, we had made it into Bolivia and our first stop of Copachobana! Quite a small town totally relaint as a stop off to La Paz and also a trip to Isla del Sol. The next day we were on a boat and in search of that sunshine on that aptly named island. The 2 hour journey complete and the dark clouds were now clearing, while a 1.2...

After a long day at Macchu Picchu we were glad to be on the warm comfortable train back to Ollyantambo. We arrived in around 9:30pm and were hopeful about a 11pm arrival back in Cuzco, however, this was not to be. Our taxi driver had to wait for two other people and so it was another hour before we set off without the missing two. The drive back was awful with bad rain and with the driver insisting on keeping his windows wide open, we both froze in the back. Ash ...

We got picked up at 8am on Saturday morning to do a tour of The Sacred Valley. This is a valley between Cuzco and Machu Picchu which encomappses alot of the Inca Empire. Our first stop was Pisac market where we browsed the usual alpacha garments of socks, gloves, hats, jumpers, the lot! We then headed off to the ruins which were pretty breathtaking and thankfully our guide was able to explain the landscape very well in English and Spanish so we were able to get a...