Sucre is a big administrative city within Bolivia and in some respects considers itelf the true capital of the country. There is certainly a more cosmopolitan feel about the area, though without the hassle and chaos that thrives in La Paz. Considered by most Bolivians to be the countrys most beautiful City, it is often referred to as the "Athens of America" and is certainly the most cultured city we have been in whilst in Bolivia. The architecture in the cit...

Well there is a definetly a different feel to La Paz compared with the very rural Copabana on Lake Titicaca. We were a bit adventurous in getting across the Andes and used a local Collectivo - these are actually small minibuses that hold about 15 people (though ours took a few extras) and for something like 1 pound you get a 3 hours trip, together with the locals in very close quarters. It didnt help that most of the journey was on mountain roads and we were not ...

Not the famous Copacabana of beach fame but a rather smaller town that nestles in a beautiful cove on the Bolivian shores of Lake Titicaca, just 8km from the border with Peru. It is the highest body of water in the world at a high of about 13,000ft above sea level. It covers an area of about 8,500 square miles. Really it operates as a small town with tourism as its main industry, focused around tours of LT and the small islands of Isla del Sol (Island of th...

After making the Amazon our home for so long, the Andes mountains which stretches the entire length of South America has become our new home and will continue to be so for the remainder of our time in South America. We will follow these immense mountains for the next few months. And so onto Cusco 11,000ft up in the Andes. Cusco is the nearest town to the most famous archealogical site in South America - Macchu Picchu - and the majority of visitors to the a...

We returned to Arequipa feeling the effects of both the altitude over the last few days and with very aching muscles from all the walking we had done. We decided, therefore, to have a couple of days in Arequipa taking in a few of the local sites and basically chilling out. Apart from the beautiful architecture and the monastery we have already told you about, the main tourist site in the town is to visit Juanita - a young Inca girl who was frozen on mount ...