Alison: After a very full on 24 hour journey from Cusco, we arrived in La Paz fairly late in the evening. We had heard that La Paz is a very dangerous city so we were grateful that Bolivia Hop drops you off at your hotel. The hotel we chose was a little more expensive than some of the others but the reviews said it had good WiFi, a big breakfast and hot showers - sounded like heaven to us after not really having any of these things in Peru! The first night we jus...

Alison: As we enjoyed the Peru Hop experience so much, we decided to continue our journey with this company and book the Bolivia Hop which takes you from Cusco (Peru) to La Paz (Bolivia) in 24hours with assistance crossing the border and a couple of stops along the way. The bus departed Cusco late in the evening so before we got to do any fun stuff, we had to get the uncomfortable overnight journey out of the way first. Luckily for us (but not for Bolivia Hop) th...

Nigel: Following on from the border crossing from Peru to Bolivia, we had another boat trip planned with Peru/Bolivia hop. The trip was again on Lake Titicaca but as the border is situated in the middle of the lake, this time we would be on the Bolivia side. First though we had to stop in the town of Copacabana and have lunch, which we had over looking the lake. We didn't manage to see much of the place but it was a very touristy area. After lunch we set off...

Alison: One of the main reasons that we came to South America was to see Machu Picchu which is the ancient Inca citadel found high up in the mountains near Cusco which lay undiscovered for.....ages!Like most people, we initially planned to hike there for 4 days on the Inca Trail which is the route the Inca's used to follow, back in the day but unfortunately when we tried to obtain permits to do the hike back in June, we discovered that all the permits for Oct...

Alison: We arrived in Cusco after a very long bus journey from Arequipa. The bus journey was 12hours long but it felt like a lifetime because I developed severe nausea and my stomach gurgled and cramped as it tried to rid itself of whatever nasty that had got in there (number 1 suspect is the raw fish we ate on the way to Paracas)....this is the last thing that anyone wants on a bus that doesn't stop because it has a toilet but you aren't allowed to use t...