On Saturday, the 25th we flew from Lima to Panama City after the briefest of stopovers in Bogota, Colombia (sadly no immigration stamp). Our home for the next few days was to be the infamous Luna´s Castle, a traveller´s favourite, a converted colonial mansion located in Casco Viejo. the city´s old town with impressive views across the bay to the skyscrapers of the new city. Our arrival, and subsequent stay in the city was not without incident. Firstly, our res...

From Cusco we took the overnight, 14 hour bus to Nazca, a route which has more hairpins than Andre Agassi's Roland Garros toupe (20 in case you were wondering) and probably caused just as much of a sleepless night. Originally the plan was to stop off at the Nazca Lines but due to the afore mentioned incident, neither of us were in the mood and opted for a short bus hop north to Ica which gave an opportunity for more zzzzzs. In hindsight it may well have been for ...

You could say that we bottled it, went against the traveller's devil may care attitude by not going to Lake Titicaca where rumours were abound that the border was closed/the immigration office burned down by rioters protesting against mining and oil concessions. Our adoption of the straight bat British approach, calculated and without risk was not without consequences - a 36 hour bus journey via Chile to Cusco, the details of which i will not bore you with. Many ...

The journey from Uyuni to La Paz can easily be described as the worst i've experienced in my incredibly modest career as a traveller. Half of the journey was undertaken on unpaved roads so rough my kidneys attempted a desperate dash to freedom through my left nostril. Amazingly I wasn't sick and a additional bonus was the unexpected, and much needed toning my abs received. You could have bounced a six pence off them when i wearily stepped off into the early morni...

San Pedro de Atacama can be described as a classic tourist hotspot which seemingly exists for little reason. We arrived late in the afternoon to what we perceived to be a ghost town but as the sun went down amd tourists returned from various trips the place came to life. There´s a wealth of tour options available ranging from sandboarding to star gazing, but my choice was the 3 day tour to Salar de Uyuni. The scenery on the first day was breathtaking as we passe...