Oh my god I love this little town of San Pedro de Atacama. It's got the cutest streets made up of one story mud built buildings, lots of awesome shops, bars, restaurants and it even has footpaths! It's super touristy but I don't care, it's just nice to be somewhere where the buildings are finished and there's just so much to look at and enjoy. It comes at a price though, our first day here and not knowing the exchange rate we spent $36 on a sandwich, burger and...

Confusion reigned supreme at the Sucre bus station. Our bus to Uyuni was scheduled for a late night departure so we could get a restful sleep overnight on it... but the station was like a 3-ring circus! They were lowering luggage over a balcony down via a rope with a hook, narrowly missing the heads of their customers walking around below. People and dogs were whizzing around and buses pulled in and out without any discernible clue of their destination. But we ...

So a new country and having no knowledge of Bolivia, I had no expectations whatsoever, which is probably why I loved it. Yes it's got the same unfinished housing, dusty streets and stray dogs as Peru but it just has a nicer feel to it and it's so cheap (I think Darren is rubbing off on me!). I think our first stop of Copacabana helped too. It's set on Lake Titicaca and unlike Puno it's pleasant to walk around and has a definite holiday vibe to it. Unfortunately...

We were so glad to exit the rat's nest they call Lima that we completely underestimated the 21 hour bus journey to Cusco. In hindsight, the 1 hour flight would have been the smarter option… but the business class seats with TVs in front of us plus the comparatively dirt cheap bus tickets called our names. So even though I was feeling a little under the weather, we hopped on and added motion sickness and altitude sickness into the mix. The road basically in...

I'm nervous and a little scared by the next phase of our journey, so I was definitely freaking out about Lima. Plus the fact that I was starting to feel like I'd had enough of traveling, I was starting to crave and day dream about having our own place and settling down. Isn't it funny how you always find yourself wanting what you don't have! But I know I'm feeling this way because I'm scared. I'm scared of the unknown, of standing out, of not speaking the langu...