Cusco We caught a 10 hour night bus to Cusco during which the excitement of the prospect of the Inca trail kicked in. Cusco is such a beautiful city. Cusco once was the Inca capital of Peru but now it is full of beautiful colonial architecture inlcuding blue painted balconies and white arched walkways. The cathedral and central plaza are stunning by day and night. An audio-guided tour of ther Cathedral taught us that guinea pig was eaten during the last supper, ...

Firstly, I'd like to apologise for the length of this entry. I hope I can capture and retain your attention for long enough.Unfortunately, upon returning to La Paz, I had a horrible fever and Roses had had a day of illness again. We decided it was time to seek medical help. We were sent to a private hospital and upon taking a seat in the waiting room, a doctor rushed out and said "I'll just be 5 minutes". As patients of the NHS, this shocked us. We we...

The first stage of the journey from Rurrenabaque to the pampas is quite an ordeal. First you have to drive for three hours in a jeep, which should probably be scrapped, in extreme heat along a dirt track with dust assaulting your face in great gusts every few moments - no good for asthmatics. I felt the grumpiness of the driver was necessary to complete the package. He wasn't a patch on the tour guide who met us at Santa Rosa though to accompany on the next leg o...

The first stage of the journey from Rurrenabaque to the pampas is quite an ordeal. First you have to drive for three hours in a jeep, which should probably be scrapped, in extreme heat along a dirt track with dust assaulting your face in great gusts every few moments - no good for asthmatics. I felt the grumpiness of the driver was necessary to complete the package. He wasn't a patch on the tour guide who met us at Santa Rosa though to accompany on the next leg o...

We were told to arrive at the bus station in La Paz a 10.30 on the 4th in order to get the 11am bus to Rurrenabaque, our base from which we would explore the jungle and pampas. Loading started at about 11.45, Bolivian luggage first, and the bus left at 12.45. Nothing unusual for Bolivia. For a 19 hour journey, what's another 2? Quite a lot, to us, potentially the difference between jungle or no jungle. Thanks to the usual speeding on the one car-wide mountain pat...