went on a 4 day stay at eco amazonia lodge, puerto maldonado.Have even mastered checking in on line with LAN, you need to print off 2 copies of the boarding pass, one stays at the security gate with your airport tax voucher attached.used the fast back drop in cusco, its actually quicker going to acheck in desk and playing a dumb gringo,cusco airport well served for restaurants,toilets and shops before and after security,flight time of 20 minutes suustained by L...

problems uploading photos, went on atour to moray and salineras,Moray been the alledged archelogiocal centre of the incas,3 terraced bowls in the ground and a path alla the way down, quite intersting, then went to Salineras the salt pans, an amazing road down, not for the fainthearted, again quite interseting but not a must see, Salineras entry fee is 5 soles, if you have not got a valid bolleto touristico it costs 10 soles,cost of the trip was 70 soles for tran...

went on a tour with sw travel,located on main plaza, we could not be bothered looking for a 5 person taxi to do this,cost 15 soles on a bus with a guide, you go to the office where you bought your ticket and they walk you to the bus parked behind the plaza des armes, downside is that there are about 10 buses and youa re a magnet for street sellers, tours are a bit rushed, commentary in spanish and english, we went to Qorinkancha, costs 10 soles and was a reco...

left cuzo at 05.30 for the airport in juliaca(50 soles taxi),was stopeed at police checkpoint for taxi driver to produce his licence, luckly we had the only taxi driver in peru with a licence the endured the streets of juliaca.Juliaca a town down on its luck, formerly the main railway junction of peru till improved roads and air links sealed its fate, also its earthquake central,its image was not hepled by the 8 taxis from puno to the airport deciding to travel i...

up early breakfast of pancakes and coca tea and downhill to the port, we saw the locals load their goods for market on puno and offload their supplies, no naff costumes here its a working idland and ledd windier than taquille captain juan sets sail for the urus islands and 2 hours later its like the african queen as we sail amongst the reeds,landed on one of the floating islands, it was interesting to hear why they are build and walking on their spongy surface ...