Have I been to Paraguay? Technically, yes I have. However, I can´t say that I know Paraguay all that well as I did only go there to fill another page of my passport! My plan was to leave Argentina, enter and exit Paraguay, enter Brazil to then then go on towards Rio de Janeiro. I should have known from past experience that nothing ever goes to plan. I thought that the process would be extremely quick and simple. Not even close... 7am I left Puerto Iguazu on a l...

Upon leaving, Bolivia managed to present me with dramas quatro, cinco, seis, seite y ocho. The journey from La Paz to Villazon (the border crossing town between Bolivia and Argentina) was horrific, I actually thought that I was going to die. The bus turned out to be a cargo transit bus (not what I was told when paying) and so was rickity and dusty and looked as though it may fall apart any minute. To add to this, the road - if you can call it that - was awful too...

Since arriving, Bolivia has conjured up nothing but drama for me... Drama Numero Uno: On leaving Peru, I was determined to use up all of my Peruvian Soles. I was successful; no money wasted! Little did I know that the Peru-Bolivia border crossing as well as my first port of call, Copacabana, were both withour ATMs. Copacabana was full of currency exchange places but not one hole-in-the-wall to be seen. S**t. How was I going to pay for my accommodation? How was I...

In between eating, shopping and sleeping, I managed to pull myself away from Cusco for one day and head to Machu Picchu. From Cusco I took a train to a town called Aguas Calientes and from there caught a bus to the mountaintop on which sits the ´lost city´of the Incas. Machu Picchu was built around the year 1640 and although known locally, it was discovered and brought to Worldwide attention in 1911 by Hiram Bingham, an American Historian. The site was declare...

Cusco - the heart of the once-mighty Inca Empire and a world away from my first experience of Peru - it´s gorgeous. Tiny cobbled streets and alleyways, barely wide enough for one small car, fill the valley it is nestled in and expand up into the slopes. Cusco town centre is based around the Plaza de Armas - a square complete with fountain, benches and grassed areas. On two sides of the square stands the intricately designed Coricancha temple and the cathedral a...