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Ola Amigos,
Apologies for not updating you all in a little while, but after an arduous 16 hour bus ride last night, we have arrived in Santa Cruz and have found a nice quiet hotel to chill! Well since the Inca trail report, seems like an age ago now, we have been so busy and done so much. From finishing the Inca trail we stayed overnight in Aguas Calientes, then travelled back to Cusco, from there we caught an overnight bus to Arequipa, from there to the Colca Canyon to see the Condors, from Arequipa to Copacabana (Bolivia) via Puno, stayed there for 3 nights before heading off to the Bolivian capital - La Paz, from there (cycled down the World´s Most Dangerous Road) into Coroico, back to La Paz and then last night caught our bus here! Phew, deep breath. As you can see from that brief intinerary we have been here, there and everywhere, but it has all been worth it!
It still feels as though we have both been away for months, and it´s only when we have a quick glance at the calendar that we realise it has only just been over 3 weeks. We are having a great time and loving exploring all of these new places which seem so different from back home. A few highlights have definitely been the Inca trail (will finish the blog entry soon), seeing the city of La Paz for the first time (Immense), cycling down the WMDR (Nerves of steel required, especially in the wet season) and last but not least staying in our little jungle lodge in Coroico! We have been lucky to see a huge difference in the amazing scenery so far in South America, and the Jungle was no different. For those of you who know Sarah the way you do, you would be right in thinking that the jungle would be her worst nightmare. On the contrary however, as soon as we arrived she was really relaxed, fine with having an outdoor toilet and shower, that was until about 2 hours after dark on the first night and for Sarah to observe thick black spiders legs creeping over the top of the wall! As you can imagine, for the rest of that night and the other 2 after that she tried hard to relax, as I sharpened up my hunting skills, ejecting everything from large spiders and scorpions from our little ´hut´.
Felt nice to be heading away from Coroico after that, until we woke up on the bus this morning to realise that we have headed deeper into jungle territory! On first impressions however, Santa Cruz looks like a nice city, very cosmopolitan feel. We do have lots of photos from our recent excursions/expeditions, but as of yet we haven´t found anywhere to burn them onto a CD for us to upload. We promise not to keep you waiting too much longer! Hope all is well back home, talk soon B&Sxx.
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