So the amazon jungle. 10th of July - early start, with the alarm going off at 5 o´clock and with the scheduled pick up at 5.30. After 2 weeks you´d think we´d have learnt that it doesn´t always work out that way. After waiting for over an hour the minibus finally beeped its horn outside our hostel. And we set off, with 8 other backpackers, guide, cook and the driver. We stopped enroute to the jungle, at a preinca cemetery which had all be ransacked by the S...

So I´ve literally just got back from Aguas Calientes or Machu Picchu Pueblo which is the nearest town to the famous wonder of the world. We got the train yesterday morning, very early and spent a pleasant 3 hours traveling there. The train, although the cheapest one, was comfortable and we were served a free drink and snack. This in my book will make any journey more enjoyable. Unlike most people, we decided to do this area in two days, spending the first look...

After leaving the interent cafe last time, we headed back to the hostel to discover we still didn´t have running water. 30 mins later, after being told to wait 5 I went down to complain. An 8 year old girl came up to the room with me, and with such pride and a know-it-all-look said that the white tap in the bathroom turned the water on and off. Mez - unknowingly had been playing with the tap when trying to get hot water the night before, so because of that we di...

Although our hostel in La Paz was a party hostel and noisy, we were spoilt. Comfy mattresses, soft thick duvets, even a hairdryer and straightners in the bathroom. We were not aware of the luxuries that we had. After arriving safely in Copacaban after a 3 hour bus journey which took 4 and also involved a boat we went in search of a hostel. The first we tried to enter we didn´t choose because we couldn´t find the door. Well the second, advertising hot water and...

Ok so first blog for a long time so I might be a bit rusty. Arrived in La Paz mid afternoon on Monday and the airport itself is something unimaginable. This is the capital of Bolivia but as I got off the plane and crossed the tarmac I was aware that this place was small. Half the people on my flight didn´t even get off there and were going on to Santa Cruz, so was more like a train station than an airport. Finding my bag, lying on the floor, since there are no ...