Pulled into Peru's Culture capital Cusco after our 10 hour bus journey and got whisked straight to our lovely courtyard hotel Los Ninos which is run by a Dutch woman who feeds and educates 500 of Cusco's poorest children. Feeling very good about ourselves, we all snoozed guilt-free until lunchtime when we ventured out to explore the Inca city. Cusco is a fab place, really beautiful, loadsa pretty buildings and plazas and women in bowler hats, plaits and big skirt...

Hola chics, Our first impressions of Peru were put on hold, as we visited the much hyped FloatingIslands which was part of our long bus journey to Arequipa. The islandsthemselves are an amazing thing, and it feels very weird when you step off the boat ontothem and you can feel how spongey they are and the way they sway up and down. They even drift around the lake in windy wet season which must make it a tad difficult for commuting purposes.The downside is how t...

Copacabana, Bolivia, not quite as fashionable as Rio's version, but a cute enough little townon the edge of Lake Titicaca never the less. Once we checked into our room, on the top floor, which just scraped a view of the lake over the other tall hotels on the lakes edge, we went to watch the daily occurance of the blessing of the cars. It does pretty much what it says on the tin. Local shamen priests were popping bonnets of cars, trucks and taxis of all-comer...

One classic beatles aeroplane ride later, with only a mere 19 seats we arrived in Rurrenbaque, gateway to the Pampas and Jungle of the Amazon Basin.We found our irish travelling gang and booked a 3 day trip deep into the pampas.The next morning after a three hour ride in a dust bowl, we finally got into the long boat to take us to our jungle massive camp. Our guide and boat driver didn't speak any English, but we've found you don't need loads of infor...

Trundled into La Paz at 5am and caught a taxi to a 'recommended' hotel which turned out to be a hole within a hole so spent a few hours exploring the city hunting for suitable digs. Its a crazy city, sitting in the basin on top of a mountain with slums clinging to the sides of the mountain and traffic everywhere with men yelling out destinations from minivans and taxis honking every few secs. Added to the fact it is still at an altitude of3660 metres and ...