La Paz 1We set off from Copacabana on the bus and soon reached a gap in the road caused by Lake Titicaca. We all had to get off the bus and travel across in a very small boat. The bus came separately on some old planks of wood with an engine attached. Normally we could have just stayed on the bus as it made the crossing, but in 2001 a bus tipped over and sank to the bottom of the lake, taking all of the passengers with it. Oops!We soon arrived in La Paz and went ...

Jesus and Mohammed Went to Sea in a Beautiful Pea Green BoatWe set off from Puno by bus and after about 2 hours arrived at the Bolivian border, where we had to undergo the usual formalities. Or so we thought. After queuing to see the police, and then the immigration people, we went to change some money. When we came out of the office, we were herded by more police into an interview room and had all our bags searched (and sniffed, he he kulaks) for drugs. We ...

The first little piggie built his house out of straw... We took a bus from Arequipa to Puno, which went via Juliaca.  We had saved 3 soles each on the ticket by getting the worst bus at the bus station.  Luggage was piled up dangerously on the roof, and threatening to tip over the rickety bus at any moment.  The journey was suprisingly comfortable but there was a large delay in Juliaca as all the luggage was removed from the roof.  This 30 minutes ...

We returned to Arequipa on the bus and said our goodbyes to our new trekking mates at the bus station. We returned to our hostel, where we had reserved a room. When we got there, they had given our room to someone else, and instead offered us a more expensive room right next to reception, where Sideshow Bob had previously complained of the all night long noise. So we said "no gracias" and left.Luckily, when we first arrived in Arequipa, we had checked o...

Colca CanyonThe kulak that everyone hatesWe have betrayed our usual way of uploading blogs under the places we stayed and have instead favoured integrity by keeping the Colca Canyon trip in one place.'Colca Canyon is the canyon of the Colca River in southern Peru. It is located about 100 miles (160 kilometers) northwest of Arequipa.Colca Canyon is one of the deepest canyons in the world at 10,725 ft (3,269 m), it is more than twice as deep as the Grand Canyon...