Getting to our boat on the Galapagos Islands was more complicated than you would expect.After getting on our flight in Quito, the plane stopped for 45 minutes in Guayaquil to pick up more passengers, before continuing onto the airport on Baltra Island.On arrival we were supposed to be met by a transfer guide, but it took us almost thirty minutes to find him!!!He was however, the sweetest, most charismatic, old man, who seemed to know a lot and was doing his best ...

Despite leaving Peru in the early hours of the morning, we didn't arrive in Quito until late in the afternoon.We caught a taxi to our hostel, Casa Eliza, which was a converted house in Quito's New Town, and therefore pretty small and cosy.Too tired to really do much, we went for a leisurely wander around the New Town, and discovered the main street where all the bars, restaurants and clubs were.We stopped for dinner at a Mongolian BBQ restaurant, but to be honest...

After our mini journey through the Colca and the Floating Islands, we arrived in Cusco for the first PROPER time! We arrived with a better impression of Cusco this time, as the sun was shining and it was really warm during the day.Somehow when the sun shines, everything seems SO much better!We checked into Loki Hostel for the 2 weeks we were meant to be volunteering at the school for.Unfortunately, staying at Loki meant walking up a hill to get there from the ma...

We arrived into Puno late at night and suffice to say that it was pretty much a dump. Buildings were crumbling, there was rubbish strewn all over the streets, and whole place had a seedy sort of feel to it. To top it all off, our taxi driver was completely incompetent, and despite telling us that he knew where our hostel was, drove around the city almost four times, before he finally admitted that he had no clue! Instead, we ended up in a small hostel, which w...

You may well be wondering why this blog is originating from Arequipa, when at the end of the last one we said we were off to Cusco, however you should know by now that nothing ever goes to plan with the two of us!! We took our flight to Cusco and tried to check into the hostel we wanted to stay at, only to find out that we would have to wait until 1am to see if they had any beds.  On top of this, it was miserable, grey and cold outside, and it didn&acut...