Well now we have been treated to some rather pleasant hotels and meals over the last week. We have been spoilt rotten since the arrival of my sister and her boyfriend (Gem and Edd). After a reasonable journey on the night bus we could not wait to arrive at our 3 star hotel in La Paz, what fun. We were however a little early, apparently 5.30 is too early to be able to check into your presidential suite. A little confused with the fact that the place we were stay...

Hello all, Well we have finally settled into Bolivian life, if that is possible. We had a shakey start (literally, the roads here are UNBELIEVABLE!); after 4 hours to Oruro, a train that wasn't running (thanks again to our less than useless guidebook), a night bus which had ice on the windows and was a real bone shaker, we finally arrived in the unfriendly town of Uyuni (For some reason they didn't like us waking them up at 6am to ask if they had any rooms?). We...

We caught the bus over the border, which was relatively smooth if typically confusing! Bolivia was a smack in the face from the second we crossed the border. We had to change from our nice Peruvian air conditioned comfy bus to a grotty Bolivian one where my seat would only stay in the reclining position (so I was forced to snooze most of the way!), the floors were swimming with what I hope was only water, the windows were jammed open to allow the car fumes to blo...

Our last stop in Peru before we crossed the boarder into Bolivia, Lake Titicaca did not fail to impress us. We caught the fancy Peru Rail train from Cusco, taking us through the spectacular scenery of the Andes for 9 hours and finally arriving at Puno, a town on the shores of Lake Titicaca. Although the mountains were amazing, I think Greg's (and the rest of the male passengers) train ride highlight was when the stewaresses came parading down the train in black ...

Dear All, We have certainly been busy since our last entry and are now trying to come to terms with the crazy monster that is La Paz. But first our time in Cusco and its environs. Our first day in Cusco was spent getting acclimatised to both the altitude and touristic nature of the city which demands you to either ignore a seller of some tat every 10m's or say no gracias. Ruth being the tough northern lass opted for the the no nonesense approach and just ignore...