We left Arequipa and headed towards Puno near Lake Titicaca. We paid 30 soles (6 pound) a ticket from Arequipa town but on arriving at the bus terminal we realised the tickets were only 15 soles (3 pound) gggrrrrrrr! Having fair hair and white skin means we are an easy target for scamming extra money out of us vulnerable gringos! The bus terminal was a like a cattle market with staff screaming prices at passing Peruvian customers desperate for the next sale! Then...

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...