We are in La Paz, the capital of Bolivia now. Its huge, and so noisy and busy - not really my kind of place! Apparently loads of tourists get mugged or pickpocketted here so you cant carry much money around with you, or your digital camera, so i{m using a disposable at the mo which is a bit annoying cos i cant put any photos on here! We tried to get inside San Pedro prison ealier, its famous for being really corrupt so we were going to try to bribe the guards to ...

Had a mad couple of days! Went out to these islands on Lake Titicaca, which is the highest navigable lake in the world (about 3600 metres above sea level i think) and stayed with a local family. They were little tiny stone houses with no electricity or anything! Then we visited these floating reed islands that people live on, EVERYTHING is made of reeds - the houses, the beds etc, they´ve even got these boats made out of reeds in the shape of dragons that t...

I´ve just finished the Inca trail, oh my god it was hard. Day 1 wasnt too bad, but it was classed as the ´easy day´and it defo wasnt easy! We camped up in the mountains which was a bit cold but not too bad. We got woken up at 2:30am cos a donkey walked into our tent tho... Then we were up at 6am to start walking. Day 2 was the hardest thing i´ve ever done in my life, i honestly thought i was going to die. It was 5 hours of really steep...

We´re in Cusco now, getting ready for the Inca trail which we start tomorrow, arghhh!!! Just bought loads of chocolate and water in prepartion! Cusco is really nice, its quite touristy with loads of bars and restaurants. We get to spend a few days here after the trek which is cool, and we can go horse riding and white water rafting. We can have a proper massage at the end of trek as well for 20 soles, which is about 4 pound!! Thanks for the messages an...

Well we started off in Lima, the downtown area was horrible but the more touristy area was really nice by the sea. For New Years eve we camped in the middle of the desert and went on dune buggies and went sand boarding, it was so cool! Then we watched the sunset and had fireworks and a bonfire etc. There´s 34 on my tour group, everyone is really nice and we all get on well so thats good. We´re in Arequipa at the mo (the next biggest city after Li...