So from the jungles of Peru, we headed to the border of Bolivia to the absolutley beautiful Lake Titicaca, the highest navigatable lake in the world. We headed off on a tour for two days to some of the remote islands and cultures that live on its shores. The first stop was the Uros floating islands, which are what they sound like, floating islands made of reeds! The next island was Amantani, where we were to stay the night with a local family. On arrival we...

Well, what an adventure!! We decided to head into the Peruvian side of the rainforest for a joint birthday treat, and it was an experience neither of us will forget for a long time! Once arriving at the rainforest town Puerto Maldonado we travelled to our lodge an hour down the Madre de Dois river via a motorised canoe. The heat was far more penetrating than that of what we were used to in cuzco-in the mountains- but it was even less bearable the day after w...

The Sacred Valley was just the warm up.Today we experienced the long awaited, and much hyped, Machu Picchu, and it was definetely worth the hype. Being in rainy season, combined with our luck...it rained. however the occassion was not spoilt, and the sun and heat progressed into the afternoon. Getting there was not as hard as doing the inka trail, which was a 4 day walk that the braver take, we however took the 4 hour train ride there, which was very cold at...

After missing our flight to peru, lima, we were able to get the next flight out 24 hours later, and as filled you in previously we had to sleep in the airport, with about 20 other people in the departure lounge. after waving off our two good friends we made, i was able to get no sleep at all, and claire who had the sleeping bag had a nice sleep. what a surprise!! she sleeps everywhere-crazy!! slept on the 5 hour flight to lima, flat out even during take-off....