It was an uneventful bus journey to Copacabana on a rather overcast day, but when we reached the point on Lake Titicaca where we had to temporarily part company with the bus to cross the water in our respective ferries, the sun came out and it continued to shine throughout our stay. It was quite a spectacular run from there crossing over the mountains with frequent glimpses of the lake to Copacabana which is nestled down in a cove by the lakeside. Our accommodati...

Arrived in Bolivia, country number 21, following our forced change of travel plans due to the road blocks between Cusco and Puno. This means that we´ve skipped over Lake Titicaca and will have to backtrack from La Paz. However this is the life of the independent traveller, and flying over the snow covered Andes and Lake Titicacaca, and landing at La Paz´s airport at El Alto, which sits high above the city at over 14,000 ft with impressive views of La Paz sittin...

We were only due to have one more day in Cusco before taking the bus to Puno on the Peruvian side of Lake Titicaca.But first we'd arranged to meet up with Ilan and Jordi to exchange photos over a cup of coffee and it was then we learned that there was a problem.Apparently while we'd been in the jungle and totally out of contact with the real world Peru was again encountering one of its 'civil uprisings' in the form of road blocks around the country.No buses were ...

Well, it was another typically Cusco early start - up at 4am to be at the tour office by 5. E had been at the briefing the previous evening and had met most of those who would be our fellow explorers for the next 8 days so it was good to see them all shuffling around with hats pulled down over their ears to help ward off the cold morning. Our tour guide Alvaro introduced himself then all we had to do was wait for our transport to arrive. It seemed to take longer ...

It was good to be back in Cuzco which by now has become very familiar, and in our comfortable room at Rumi Punku. We were staying there until the end of the week when we were due to set off into the Peruvian Amazonian jungle for an 8 day trip. Over the few days in Cuzco we were to - at last - visit some of the interesting sights in this beautiful city and make some significant decisions about our travels. Sitting high above Cuzco is Sacsayhuaman (it sounds like ...