Arriving in Cartegena was exciting. The airline played a Cartegena song when we landed and all the Colombian holiday makers in their shiny outfits and garish wedges sang along, how adorable. The old town of Cartegena is set within huge city walls that run along the seafront. We walked the top of the walls trying to catch the breeze, and wandered through the cobbled streets between the beautiful old colonial buildings exploring the town that looks as though it's b...

After a teary and hungover 6am departure from Phoebe in Quito, Arthur and I made our way to the bus station to begin our fairly disorganised attempt to cross the border to Colombia. Our first bus took us to Tulcan, where we then caught a taxi to immigration, queued forever while some douchebag hippy strummed the same string on his guitar for an hour (no, not Arthur), then casually walked across a bridge into Colombia. Got my final passport stamp of the trip (I pr...

It didn´t take long to sleep off Salkantay before we´d arranged to meet up with Callum and Tom the ´British lads´ from Rio. They were so keen they transferred to our hostel when they heard we were in Cuzco and even took us out for sushi. As if we hadn't done enough walking, we decided to climb to the top of the city where another big Jesus stood looking out over spectacular views. We took this as another opportunity to take our clothes off because you only li...

Our overnight bus to Cuzco was surprisingly luxurious, with our own VIP waiting lounge and airline style check in desk. We definitely weren't feeling very VIP with our mismatched travel clothes and muddy backpacks. After sleeping off our treks we arrived super early and, having earnt ourselves such a reputation in Buenos Aires, we decided to check into another Milhouse. With our big Salkantay trek starting the next morning we had a chilled day in the hostel catc...

After our loco time in La Paz we thought it best to start detoxing so headed for Lake Titicaca. Copacabana is a tiny hippy town on the lake shore where you can take a boat trip for some trekking on Isla del Sol. Our private ensuite room with lake views left something to be desired, as the shower had no water and the floor to ceiling windows meant it was colder inside than out, thanks Lonely Planet. Spent the first day chilling in the cafes (none of which actual...