The bus from Cusco to Puno (on Lake Titicacca) is a tour bus, making it a nine-hour trip, including the stop-offs. After a 7.30am start we first stop off at a church. It's in a small square and even early morning the street vendors are there with the same old 'local' arts and crafts that have probably been churned out in a sweat shop in China. Although the church is quite impressive we don't really to get tuned in to the talk by the tour guide who is alternatin...

The bus from Cusco to Puno (on Lake Titicacca) is a tour bus, making it a nine-hour trip, including the stop-offs. After a 7.30am start we first stop off at a church. It's in a small square and even early morning the street vendors are there with the same old 'local' arts and crafts that have probably been churned out in a sweat shop in China. Although the church is quite impressive we don't really to get tuned in to the talk by the tour guide who is alternatin...

We leave the mountains behind to head into the jungle. Puerto Maldonado sits in the outskirts of the Amazon. The short flight arrives in the middle of a hot and humid day. We are greeted by a driver and tuk-tuk sent from the hostel. It's so humid that the camera is misting up and doesn't clear for about 15 minutes; not surprising, as the humidity is at 95%. On the way to our hostel we are pleased to have a change of recent scenery, which is similar to the small...

It was a bumpy flight in to Cusco and we are stuffing bunches of cocoa leaves in our mouths, as this is another high altitude city known as the gateway to Macchu Picchu. We get a taxi who tries to charge us way over the odds for the short trip in to the centre. No change there then. It's a large city and we are staying two blocks away from the main square in a hotel/spa. Unfortunately, the spa is not currently open. We can really feel the thin air here as we he...

Coming back to Arequipa from Colca Canyon we were a couple of hours early and were lucky enough to bring our flight forward. We arrived in Lima early evening and were met at our Airbnb apartment by Maria. We are in a beautifully decorated duplex in the beach area in Lima called Miraflores. We are very excited that we can go upstairs to bed and even more so to have our own washing machine! Maria has also been kind enough to leave lots of provisions for us includ...