The next morning we were up at 6am to shower and catch the 8am bus to Puno. We said our goodbyes to Ellen and on we went. The bus took about 7 hours to get there. On the way people got on to sell bread (they really love the bread here) and a little boy sang a few songs and played an instrument. We eventually arrived after passing through the mountains and impressive landscape to Puno which was a city full of houses surrounding the massive Lake Titicaca. On the ...

The next day Ellen was discharged from hospital the next day and the doctor concluded it was not altitude sickness but a delayed concussion. She was doing ok when she came off the oxygen and her levels were back up to 90-91 which is the right amout so he said she would be ok to travel to the other places that were high altitude. This was excellent news so we were both happy. We then went to the hostel I had booked and went for a wander around. We went to an Eng...

We arrived in Arequipa and went to stay in the Wild Rovers which was an Irish hostel and had some home comforts on the menu which was great so I indulged in a veggie breakfast... ooh beans, eggs, toast and more I was in heaven haha. Arequipa is overlooked by 3 massive mountains El Misti at 5822mtrs, Chachani 6075m and Pichu Pichu 5571 mtrs. It's a real pretty sight. After a power nap Ellen and I headed into town for a look around Arequipa and to book a tour. I ...

So we did the sand buggies and it was so much fun. We had Jose who was our driver and he really did scare the sh** out of Ellen. I sat up front and I loved it but Ellen was directly behind me and my ear drums got a good battering to say the least. There was also an American couple with us. The sandunes were absolutely AMAZING. It was just mountains of sand for as far as the eye could see. Although when we got to the first spot to take pictures you could see all ...

We arrived in Lima about 7.30am and promptly headed to the next bus terminal to catch the bus to Ica. This time we travelled with Peru Bus and it cost 28 soles for the 4.5 hour trip. We grabbed a crossiant and some fresh pineapple for breakfast with ham and cheese and boarded our bus. Ellen had got chatting to a local guy called George, well that is his English name and he was most helpful. He helped us with a taxi when we got to Ica which was nice of h...