Fri 25th - Wed 30th October 2013 (Week 5)Fri 25th - Caught another overnight bus from Cusco to Puno, which was the worst of the 3 we've taken so far. Apparently there were protests in Puno, so the bus had to go another route - through small villages and on really rough, bumpy roads. We were sat right over the back wheel so felt everything, and did not get much sleep !Arrived into Puno at 5am, and waited for the 7:30am bus to Copacabana. We were a little apprehens...

Mon 14th - Thurs 24th October 2013 (Week 3-4)Mon 14th & Tues 15th - We had a lovely overnight bus from Arequipa to Cuzco - nice big seats, good food, and individual tv screens with a choice of films, games etc ! And this time there was a digital display of the speed we were going, which was reassuring !Cusco hasn't really changed too much over the 9 years since we were here. But the main difference we have noticed is how far the city has expanded outwards - t...

Mon 7th - Sun 13th October 2013 (Week 2)Ahh, Peru - its nice to be back. We did Peru back in 2004, and both really liked it - for the scenery, culture, people and food. And literally, before we'd even walked through the doors at Lima airport, we were glad to be back.We did enjoy Venezuela and its beautiful Angel Falls, and Los Roques, but really found the attitude of the locals quite hard - basically turning away and ignoring us whenever we asked a question and n...

Wed 2nd - Sun 6th Oct (Week 1-2)8 flights in 6 days ranging from 50mins short hops, to 9.5 hours ! Wed 2nd - The long 9.5 hour flight over from Madrid to Caracas was with Iberia which only had one screen at the front, no individual consoles, and the one screen broke after about 2 hrs so I took a sleeping pill and slept on & off for 4 hours.Arrived into Caracas and luckily were met by our Osprey Expeditions rep who checked us in for our domestic flight to Ciud...

Sat 28th Sept - Tues 01 Oct (Week 1)Sat 28th - So, our first stop on our round-the-world trip.Madrid wasn't on our "must-see" list for this trip, but you have to stop here with the OneWorld ticket in order to get to S.America, so we thought we may as well spend a couple of days here as we haven't been to Madrid before.Not great first impressions however, as we arrived in pouring rain, with the forecast for more rain for our entire stay.Our hostel for the first ni...