After a lot of umming and arring we both decided that we would sign up to bicycle down "the most dangerous road in the world". We met early in a cafe with the other riders for what felt like could be our last meal. We were nervous as hell but meeting the other travellers who were joining us and talking about it made the nerves ease a little. We met our guide, Paddy, an Irishman who had been riding and guiding the road for 3 months. He put us at ease on the...

We left Huacachina aboard a 12 hour bus heading to Arequipa, Peru's second biggest city. It was a beautiful and scenic ride but thats not to say that it didn't scare the hell out of us! We drove along the southern coastline of Peru curving around the tall headlands which had sheer drops into the rocks below and crazy ocean. Sitting atop the 2nd floor of a double decker bus we looked a lot closer to the edge than we possibly were but we were close to telling t...

La Paz (meaning "peace") is set in a huge valley and as we rode down into it we stopped and got a beautiful view of the city nestled in between the mountains. It looked so peaceful from up there. That was to change... We pulled into the streets of the city on our bus, realising that there were no rules here. Central and South America doesn't have too many forceable road rules so we are kind of used to it. Although this is so, La Paz succeeded in scaring us a...