Huacachina The two main attractions of the desert oasis town of Huacachina, Peru are: 1. Visit to a pisco distillery /winery. 2. Dune buggy/sand boarding sunset trip Nick was feeling under the weather and believed he had visited enough wineries in Argentina and South Africa, so he wanted to stay at the hotel while I ventured out on my own. I didn't fancy that idea so after some persuading (nagging), I convinced him to come on the 11am bodega tour. At the fi...

Compass Points NZCA/LINES, Peru There has been endless academic debate and discussion on the subject of the enigmatic lines in the Nazca and Pampa regions of Southern Peru. Maria Reich is the German anthropologist mathematician credited with having done the most to forward the thinking on the subject and to bring the mysterious petroglyphs to the world's attention. After a lifetime's work she came to the conclusion that the Nazca people created them from 500 to ...

Terror at the Terrapuerto Arequipa bus terminal, Peru We are sat in the new bus terminal - the oddly named Terrapuerto (Earthstation?) listening to the elevator music. Now we have a pan pipe lounge version of Hotel California. This is then followed by an equally Andes-ed up version of the Lennon classic Imagine. We are waiting for a bus to Cabanaconde on the cheapo Señor de Los Milagres bus service (Father of Miracles). Unfortunately it is a full 2 hours be...

Princess Juanita and the KFC Twister Meal Arequipa, Peru We had one day to spend in Arequipa, Peru's second biggest city. We also had a list of jobs that needed to be ticked off whilst in a big city. So in 24 hours we almost successfully completed all of the To Do items: 1. Visit tourist attraction Monasterio Santa Catalina A "city within a city", this 500 year old monastery is picturesque with its white stoned walls, cobbled streets etc. Our guide explain...

The World's Highest Large Body of Water Lake Titicaca has various islands and shoreside towns that you can visit. On the Bolivian side, we went to Copacabana. It's a pretty relaxed little town, which i'd say is half geared towards tourism and half towards a catholic pilgrimage. We splashed out on an awesome BnB for the two nights we were there. It's made up of about 10 self contained units, designed in an under-the-sea theme. Our little house was 3 stories wi...