after a lot more of that "CUZCOCUZCOCUZCO" nonsense at the bus station, i got myself on an overnighter to the gringo capital of south america, which i wasnt particularly looking forward to to be honest. although i was in a good mood as instead of the usual muck they serve on buses on this one someone had gone out and got everyone a hot greasy takeaway of some sort, which was ideal. ahhh....the good old days when they served food on buses....really took ...

having a bit of a farce keeping this up to date really. im actually in colombia now, but will try and remember what happened in peru about 2 months ago.... so i was travelling somewhat unintentionally with that irish bloke denis, was getting a little bored of him to be honest, even so we had quite a good afternoon wandering round town when we arrived. arequipa is a beautiful city, lots of grand white colonial buildings, a bit like sucre in bolivia, so we almost...

so turned up in puno on the peruvian side of lake titicaca, which is quite a horrid little town to be honest, really busy and smoggy and full of tuk-tuks whizzing around. much worse than copacabana anyway. on the plus side, people in peru seemed much more friendly than in bolivia - not that the bolivians were unfriendly, usually really nice once you give them a bit of chat, but they tended to be a bit surly whereas the peruvians were really smily and kept wanting...