Our gap tour of the inca trail started on Sunday. We left at 8am and drove to a town called Pisaq which had some inca ruins which we looked around. We then had some lunch at the worst restaurant in the world. The service was awful, sarah waited about 30 minutes for her drink which arrived after she had finished her food! And Beth and my pudding came before our main meal! After that we went on to Ollantaytambo another town with inca ruins. We did a short wal...

Thursday morning we took a bus to Cusco which is the town at the bottom of the Inca trail.The scenery between Puno and Cusco is beautiful and we were going to get the train but at $200 we couldn't really justify it.We decided instead to get the Inca Express which is a tourist bus which stops along the way at scenic points.We did feel very touristy as we got on as many of the other passengers had suitcases rather than backpacks but at least it was comfortable!We h...

We arrived in Puno, Peru early evening on Tuesday.Puno is also on the edge of Lake Titicaca but on the Peruvian side.When we arrived we sought out an agency to do a tour of the floating islands which Lake Titicaca is famous for.Sarah decided not to come as she wanted to spend a day resting so Beth and I booked a tour for the next day. We were picked up at 6.45am on Wednesday morning and taken to the port where we got on a boat to the Uros floating islands.There ...

We got a bus from La Paz at 3pm to Copacabana which is about three hours away and on the edge of Lake Titicaca.This is the highest navigable lake in the world at 3812masl and it borders Bolivia and Peru.We arrived about 6.30pm and eventually found a hostel which had space.We then went out for dinner and I felt I had to try some trout as we were by a lake and it was lovely!The next day we got a bus to Puno.I was sad to only spend one night in Copacabana as it is w...

Friday morning Beth and I left the hostel very early in order to get to La Paz airport for out 6.15am flight for our three day pampus tour. The plane was tiny and only held 28 people!The flight was only 45 minutes and we went scarily close to the mountains but made it to Rurrenabaque in one piece! When we got off the plane we were hit by the humidity, it felt like I was back in Africa.It was lovely to have some hot weather after the cold we had been used to! Ou...