Our Inca Trail didn`t get off to the perfect start. It was supposed to be an hours drive from Ollantaytambo to KM 82, the start point for the trail. About 40 minutes into this relatively pleasant journey, our driver pulled up suddenly. Our tyre had blown out about 5 minutes prior, but he only just realised. Said tyre utterly shredded, continuing on was an impossibility. Thankfully another GAP van with people about to begin the Inca trail passed us and stopped to ...

We set off from Cusco early for our day trip into the Sacred Valley. Our first stop of the day was at a GAP sponsored local community project. It was a tiny village hidden away down a dusty track. Encompassed by snow capped peaks which peeked out from underneath the clouds, it was an altogether different reality to the hustle and bustle of the tourist Mecca that is Cusco. The idea behind the project is to prolong and encourage traditional Andean culture. With fin...

Arriving to Cusco, I was delighted to see the end of the bus journey. We would have 4 days in the city which used to be the capital for the Incas. The first two of which I spent in bed. Before delving into the architectural and cultural gems of the city, I should mention a certain football game that we watched in Paddy O`Flaherty`s Irish Pub. I know there will be some Chelsea fans reading this, so I think I should stop here. But I won`t. Have you heard that Nike ...

It would be a long day of travel to get us to Puno, on the Peruvian side of Lake Titacaca. A couple of hours from La Paz, we jumped on a quick ferry to cross part of the lake and then continued onto the town of Copacabana. Copacabana on Lake Titacaca is where the famous Rio Beach gets its name. It is a quiet town with some nice churches and a stunning vista over the lake. It is also a pilgrimage for many Bolivian Catholics. After having some lunch, we boarded ano...

The overnight train journey took us to a city a few hours bus ride away from La Paz. The busstle of a city and the absence of spectacular landscape was a world away from the Salar. It was strange to think how a relatively short train ride could change things so dramatically. As the bus neared the city, snow capped andean peaks poulated the skyline at regular intervals. These are some of the highest mountians in the Andes and the provided a spectacular backdrop to...