We had our first border crossing, which went much smoother than we had envisaged! We got the bus from Puno to Copacabana in Bolivia, which is basically a trip around lake titicaca. We got to the checkpoint, walked into the Peruvian Department of Immigration, got our passports stamped then walked through an archway (pictured) and into Bolivia where we then entered immigration and got our passports stamped for entry. HOW EASY!However, one Irish guy didnt have such ...

Buenos Dias Chico¨s and Chica¨s ! After a couple of days relaxation in Cusco (our legs needed it) we headed off on an 11 hour overnight bus to Arequipa, hoping to get some sleep. Boy were we wrong. Despite having sleeper seats, the driver was so crazy through the mountains that we barely slept a wink, we were hugging the seats thinking, "oh my god we are going to die!" Arequipa is a beautiful white city made from volcanic stone, the plaza was rathe...

Hola Amigos! Como Esta? Our next adventure was the famous Inca Trail. We had to go all the way back to Lima to meet our group and get an induction about the Inca Trail! We stayed in a hotel as part of the package (probably the only time we´ll be able to afford a nice hotel on our travels). We met everyone (who all appeared to be Canadian except a few) over a Pisco Sour (Peru´s famous drink) and then got scared at the amount of walking (in particular the uphill ...

After 29 hours of travelling, we finally got to Lima airport and we thought the worst had happened. After standing at the luggage carousel for over 45 minutes there were about 5 of us left with no bag still. Ben not happy at all.......Then out it came, the last bloody one! Phew!The weather in Lima wasnt exactly hot, so our bargain buy winter jackets are looking like being a great investment, they'll be looking like a new tattoo soon. It's really dirty too (like p...