I liked Viva Air Colombia. I flew with them about 4 times and they were fine. Viva Air Peru. A nightmare. After five hours kip or so I walked down the beautiful cobbled street - Calle Resbalosa - my hostel is on to Plaza de Armas to get a taxi to the airport. All well I thought. Yet an hour and a half before my flight was due to take off the Viva Air check in desks appeared strangely empty... An Italian family also due to take my flight were equally perturbed. ...

One hell of a ride! I had an hour or so to spare in the Gustav Eiffel designed La Paz bus station before boarding the swanky Nuevo Continente, double-decker, full cama bus for Cusco. On my return trip from La Paz to Cusco, instead of Mexican nuns I was mostly accompanied by French and Spanish backpackers so thankfully, there was a lot less ukelele this time. It took an hour or so to escape the sprawl of El Alto and get out onto the short stretch of Bolivia befo...

Been a very relaxed day in Cusco today. Despite a disrupted sleep, due to the altitude, ironically I've felt much more alert than i've done up to now. Finally beginning to adjust to the time zone! It was nice to have a couple hours just to relax for a bit, watching the England-Sweden game, and not have to launch myself into catching a plane or a bus. You definitely feel like you have less energy up here, or rather you need more of it to do anything. After chec...