Heading from Argentina we headed west into Chile. We arrived late to a town called Valparaiso and headed out to grab something to eat and all we seemed to be able to find was hundreds of hot dog restuarants (the 'completo' ... hotdog dripping in mayo and guacamole). Not wanting to try what seemed like the national dish we went for some thing else off the very limited menu which when it came out consisted of hot chips with melted cheese, fried onions, peppers and ...

So we crossed over the border to Argentina from Bolivia and it was like going to a different continent. It was the first time we had seen a proper supermarket in months and the idea of good coffee was very exciting to us. We travelled down through Salta and Cafayate to beautiful Mendoza, the wine region in Argentina. It is like someone took all the beautiful people and aspects of Europe and dropped them into South America. And I am telling you the men and women h...

After La Paz we took an overnight bus to spend a few days in Sucre, followed by a short bus trip to Potosi for a couple of days (which included a ride on the top of a truck as we discovered the bus driver was drunk!). We then headed further south to a hot & dusty little town called Tupiza. From Tupiza we headed off on a 4 day jeep tour through the south-west of Bolivia, joined by Romey (a German guy mysteriously known as Dr Black), his partner Fenmei (a Thaiw...

After a well deserved post-hike massage in Cusco the three girls headed to Lake Titicaca, a massive lake that is at an elevation of 3600 metres, where we were joined by Maayan for his last few days in Peru. A three hour boat trip via the Uros floating islands (which were made entirely of reeds) had us arriving at Amantani, a small island where there are no cars and no electricity (apparently the government turned off the supply 7 years ago). We stayed overnight i...

It´s nicandde´s special guest Sarah here and to give De and Nic a hand with writing the blog I´ve got to try and remember what happened a couple of weeks ago - it´s been so much fun and all a bit of a blur but here goes. I´d planned my trip so I could join the girls on the Salkantay route to Machu Picchu. We set off as planned on 1 October, rising early to catch a local bus leaving at 5am to take us to the starting point - the town of Mollepata - about a 3 ...