After all my adventures around the globe, it was time to tap my heels together three times and head back to Southport. I spent the last few days of my trip back in beautiful Buenos Aires, hanging out in La Boca and San Telmo, eating steak at a rooftop BBQ and drinking cocktails in Palermo Hollywood. The week preceeding my return to Argentina had been quite eventful, what with clambering over the Andes on the Inca Trail, celebrating my birthday at Machu Piccu, th...

La Paz, La Paz.. crazy and high you were a lot of fun! I left Boilivia in the dead of night. Sharing a taxi with Nancy, the cab wound its way to the airport through the hillsides and for once all was quiet. As I boarded the plane I watched the bright yellow full moon slowly dip, as on the opposite side the sun started to rise, creating a layered effect of purple, blue and red in the sky. Very pretty indeed. So on my 12th flight of the trip, and by now feeling...

Bolivia - described as crazy and wild by pretty much everyone I know who has been there. Have to agree. Leaving Peru behind was going to be hard anyway, our Inca Trail girlie group had a great last day in Cuzco - taking photos of llamas, more shopping, getting massages and eating lots of yummy food at Jack's cafe. For my last evening we headed to the Inca Grill, eating ceviche and guinea pig (well, it had to be done - was lovely, like crispy duck!) then the girl...

The Inca Trail. A 45km hike through the Andes, at altitudes of up to 4,200 metres above sealevel. The experience of a lifetime… I'd arrived in Cuzco with a few days to spare to allow myself time to get used to the altitude, and as everything there revolves around tourism for Machu Piccu I started to feel more and more excited. The Inca Trail is booked up so far in advance I felt lucky to have a ticket, and headed out to stock up on llama layers to keep me co...

I am high up in the Andes, on day 1 of my 5 day Inca Trail trip. Tomorrow the hard work begins, 4 days of trekking ending up at Macchu Picchu on my birthday. Today we have visited some Inca ruins, and we are spending the night in a hotel before 3 nights camping.. it is warm here in the day as the sun is so bright, but gets really cold at night. Thermals at the ready... Please send positive thoughts, I am nervous about it! x