Colombia: So, another 22 hour bus ride across the border to Colombia. There is only one bus that goes every other day at 10 pm, so it is either that or get a local bus to the border, cross the border on your own and then get another bus the other side. This would have worked out about 20 quid cheaper, but I was done with all the stress of border crossings, plus it is a dangerous border. Overnight buses are also a bit ropey as there are also many armed ...

So after War and Peace in Lima, not a great deal happened in Ecuador, so I will roll it all in to one. The bus from Lima to Guayaquil was a monster 26 hours, so I booked super vip and had a dirty great chair to myself. Movies were good and the time soon passed til we hit the border. Really quiet place in the middle of nowhere with both immigration sat next to each other. Bang Bang I was in Ecuador. The main bus terminal is huge, on 3 levels with a loa...

I had a plan for the morning, nice and leisurely. Walk across town, get a nice bacon and egg butty in Jacks Cafe, leisurely walk back, stop off at the supermarket, get some bananas and some water for the journey, back to the hostel, cup of tea and spend an hour on internet before popping off to the bus station around noon. Nice. Nope, that is not how it happened. So I got up and headed down to see Marlon to get my bus ticket but he was unusually not arou...

My little voice had been telling me all along not to take the night bus so soon to Cusco and to wait until my stomach was better, but there was no going back now. I was not supposed to take my tablets until late on, but shoved them down before I got on the bus in the hope they might do something. When booking I had been given a choice of a seat at the very front, or right at the back next to the toilet. It was going to be dark all the way so being at the fr...

So another early start on the bus and back to the border we go. Luckily I had no problems this time and no money needed to change hands. Bang bang in Peru. The road alongside lake Titicaca is pretty......apparently. I fell asleep for most of the way, but I am sure it was nice. As we arrived in Puno I was really happy I had decided not to stay the night, it did not look much. I had to change buses and was given a ticket to change when we arrived. Typic...