so we made it to santa cruz. we left lake titcaca by the way and thankfully our rubbish hotel in puno and headed for la paz. which was amazing. vibrant and crazy but so cool. and the good news is im finally feeling healthy again!! we had one night in la paz with dinner in the top floor of a five star hotel ! then a city tour with the valley of the moon- ill put pics on at a later date. then the toucan tour officially ended and me and mum were alone to do as we pl...

hi so i survived the inca trail. almost killed me but i survived it! seriously the hardest thing ive ever done. all the walking ive done before seem like strolls- there is no comparison to climbing at that altitude! but the highest point i got to was 4015 meters. every inch seems likea mile and u can barely breathe but im glad i made it. emma IMPORTANT please note- make sure ur inca trail package includes the porters to carry food, camping equipment and most of...

yep. thats me at the bottom of this huge inca construction theyve found. it was hard work getting down and much harder getting upagain... my lungs are really missing sea level quality oxygenised air!! so im in cusco as u can see from the pics. im very well. this town-city is amazing. totally what i wamted from s america- allbeit with a a few too many tourists for my liking. it makes it safer i guess but also less special and people are constantly trying to sell...

hiya. so a busy day of adventures.... we rented a taxi and driver for 2 hrs to take us to the beach and the posher richer end of lima. bit like any spanish tourist town. we watched what looked like millions of surfers - not sure i fancied swimming there tho. too cold and loadsa rubbish floating around. had a nice lunch in a mall above the beach and saw a bit more of lima. striking poverty against rich bank district and luxurious apartment blocks. typical of s ame...

culture shock big time! so im in lima. tflights went okay... thought id lost my luggage but apparently all the connecting flight bags were in a whole other box- they came off like half hour after everyone elses!! nightmare. but luckily id made a friend on the flight whod connected from kelowna- coincidentally close tô where leris farm used to be! weather in toronto was nice, stuck in the airport for 4 hrs aint fun tho. altho i probs spent about an hr figuing...