Departing Lima was not easy as we'd made it our temporary home whilst waiting for the Elton John concert. We had read about these majestic mud baths that the locals claim has "alien origins" and "can heal anything from acne to arthritis". Why not check these out for some cheap healing! We arrived on our bus after 4 hours (we were told 2 1/2) and caught a tuk tuk direct to the baths. The town is called Chilca and is set right in the middle of a dessert wasteland...

We arrived in Lima and after leaving the airport we immediately felt the difference between high altitude and sea level.....ahhhh how wonderful it felt to be able to fill your lungs completely with thick air without getting a headache and feeling like you've run a marathon. And having that sea level right beside us was an added bonus. We stayed in an area of the city called Miraflores which sat on the coast of Peru, and our hotel was a 15 minute walk from those...

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...

Waking up and freaking out massively as we had slept through the alarm, we threw our belongings into our backpacks, flew through reception to pay and hailed the first taxi, not even bothering to barter the price first and headed to Steve and Charm's hotel. There we were met by Steve and Charm also running a little late (which made us feel a little better!) and caught our ride to the train station. Waiting for us at the station was the most luxurious train we...

After leaving the AMAZING hotel we stayed at, Mum, Dad, Lex and I headed off for the train station to begin our quest to Machu Picchu. We boarded the VistaDome train which gave us 360 degree views of the scenery and landscape.....only trouble was that I was asleep for the majority of the trip as I was slightly ill. However I heard all about how magical, beautiful and all round gorgeous the views were. The train tracks led us on a journey following a wide, gus...