Arrived in La Paz ok after a 3 & half hour bus ride from Copacabana. First impressions weren´t great as we approached the city (it reminded us both of the news coverage of Baghdad, enough said).  As we got further to the city though things looked up as it beared a remarkable resemblance to Quito (being situated in a valley & surrounded by snow capped mountains).  The traffic once again seemed to be polluting the city everywhere you looked ...

Before you all burst into lines from that Barry Manalow song, Its not that Copacabana! We crossed the borders of Peru & Bolivia around 6.30ish this morning after about 8 hours onboard a very bumpy night bus from Cusco (which was advertised as having a loo but much to our horro didn't). I swear at times there wasn't even a road that our driver was driving on, just dirt tracks or edges of cliffs. At least it was dark & we didn't really have any idea (pro...

Well it had to happen but I thought it'd be Brazil not Peru where I'd get robbed! I was sitting in an internet cafe and had my coat on the back of the chair when some little s*** nicked it! After convincing helen that I wasn't winding her up, we went in search of a nearby policemen to report it. Amazingly helen suddenly became fluent in Spanish & we found our way (the quickiest we've ever found anything!) to the tourist police station. Who we're as bad ...

So we?re on our own again back in Cusco. Since tuesday there?s been parade after parade in this great little town. We?re here to watch the celebrations on Inti Raymi (the festival of the sun) which concludes this weekend up on a hill called ?sexy woman?(i?m so not making up these names, promise). There seems to be alot of run up to it with floats, street parades, non-stop music and dancing in the main square. We?re thinking that there must be national holidays in...

Macchu Picchu Trek:So like the Galapagos entry where do I begin? Its probably best to take you through the events of each day of the tour, so hope your sitting comfortablely this is gonna be a mammoth entry! Here goes:The day before the trek:After a night in Cusco at our hotel, us and the rest of the group left the town via bus heading for GAP?s community project (a business they contribute to were the wives of the porters make and sell alpaca goods). Several pho...