The bus to Cusco was horribly warm during the night meaning we didn't sleep much, and we also got in on time at about half past 7 meaning we were really tired. We got a taxi to the hostel where we were given some coca tea for the altitude. We couldn't check in to the room until 1pm which meant we had loads of time to kill. We headed to the centre because we were starving and wanted something to eat, nothing was open but we had been told there was a McDonalds near...

We arrived in Arequipa early and weren't able in to check in so we had to wander round the town early on a Sunday with not a lot going on. It was a bit boring, and as we had just come off a night bus we were not in the mood to explore. We inquired about doing the colca canyon nearby but the day trip consisted of getting picked up at 3am?! And we decided against it. We did decide to do the free tour, where we met a girl who had travelled down from mexico so we ...

When we got to nazca, there was loads of people hassling us for taxi's, none of them seemed to be official but one said he knew the owner and said his name which we knew, we went with him and we didn't have to pay for some reason when we got inside. The hotel was a nice small place and we got a TV in the room where we watched a film that night. We arranged a flight for the next day, at first we had to be ready for 8 am but then weather conditions meant we had to...

Our bus to Paracas was amazing, it was better than the plane we got on to Lima! It had blankets and pillows and then someone came around with a sandwich and an apple. They even had movies playing with English subtitles and the seats practically recline to horizontal, which is amazing if its overnight. Paracas itself is a tiny fishing village with a little beach, very different from Lima. The man that owned the hostel was about 60 years old and told us all about ...

Our first flight from London was not too bad as the stopover was short, but everything was in Spanish so we knew it would be hard from the beginning! The stopover in Madrid was boring as it was a new terminal and everything was being built so it was pretty boring. The next flight was poor but we slept the whole way so it wasn't too bad but if it had been during the day the 13 hours would've been torture!! We arrived and got a taxi to the hostel, luckily we chec...