The first stop in our second South American nation was the small town of Copacabana on the shores of one of the highest lakes in the world - Lake Titicaca.Not much to the town here.Lacking from the town are such things as ATMs and electricity during daytime hours both of which make it impossible to obtain cash.It is however the launching point to some beautiful islands on the lake and home to some good restaurants serving the local specialty, lake trout - delicio...

Hola Peru!We first entered Peru via Lima only to spend a single night in the Miraflores area of the city and hightail out of there first thing in the morning to fly to Cuzco.Cuzco is about 10,000 ft. above sea level so we planned to spend 4 full days here before embarking on the arduous Inca Trail.Cuzco is a beautiful city centered around Plaza de Armes where you can find approximately 15 young boys selling postcards, 35 waiters shoving their respective menus in ...

It's been a whirlwind week full of bus trips, relaxation, frantic markets, rainstorms and some more relaxation.After San Pedro we embarked across to the other side of Lago de Atitlan to an even smaller village called San Marcos de Laguna.This is a village known for it's meditation and spirituality.So we thought, what better way to meditate and get in touch with our spirituality than to treat ourselves to 90 minute massages at the village Hollistic Centre.At $32 U...

We're now over a full week into our journey around Guatemala and are fully immersed in the culture and language (not really though).Unlike Belize, no one in Guatemala speaks a lick of English which makes things interesting for us.Our first stop was in Flores, in the northern lowlands where the humidity is always 100% and you can't be outside during the heat of the day.Flores is a tiny island in Lake Peten that is the main jumping off point to access the ancient M...

Belize, Central America After very little sleep we arrived in Belize city, got a taxi to the marina and caught a water taxi to Caye Caulker, a 1 mile x 5miles small island, 45 minutes off the coast of Belize.Being low season we found a room no problem, in fact we had the entire hotel to ourselves.The isalnd is a quirky place, very laid back, the island moto being; go slow! Everyone knows everyone else, and most resemble Bob Marly and everwhere you are, you are...