Bolivia sure has been a lovely surprise. Even though it´s pretty poor, it´s beauty is something to remember. Lake Titicaca - what a magical place! Being one of the largest high altitude lakes in the world this place really impressed us. We set up shop in a little lakeside town called Copacabana and explored the islands off here for two days. We visited the Isle de Sol which from the photos, you can see was spectacular. We caught what was the slowest boat ever to the island and then set out on foot to trek the entire length of it. It [View Full Entry]

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What an amazing place Peru is. It really is full of surprises and Cusco is a delight though may be a little too touristy. It seems the military plays a pretty big part in the every day life of a Peruvian since you see some sort of police official everywhere. So much so that I thought it would be fun to get some shots with the authorities wherever I could. As you can see here the riot police were hilarious and very friendly. Cusco´s main square is the centre of town and a gorgeous place to people watch. The streets are [View Full Entry]

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There was no way I was going to come all the way to South America and not visit the magnificent Amazon Rainforest. It was a dream for me to be able to see this place and it was better than I had ever imagined. It was seriously like Jurassic Park - giant, ancient, magical, powerful, overwhelming and darn right dangerous. It was truly amazing and it was a huge reminder that we really were trespassing into another world - one we humans don´t belong. We flew into Peru´s Amazon Basin to a town called Puerto Maldonaldo where it was 35 degrees [View Full Entry]

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We made it - after 4 days of full on trekking we finally made it to the majestic Machu Picchu alive! Having previously trekked the Himalaya, I thought this was going to be a breeze. Afterall, we were only going to 4200m and we I reached 4500m in India without hassel. This was sure to be a walk in the park. Luckily we had only 8 people in our group ( 4 aussies, 2 poms and 2 spanish) and with most of us pretty fit we set off on foot from the 82km mark. Day 1 was a beautiful clear day [View Full Entry]

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Well here I am am!! Along with my travel campanion Andew Gissing (Gissa) we have made it to South America! After the best flight ever on the new Qantas A380 and a quick stop over in LA, it was time to head back down to the Southern Hemisphere and into Lima, the Peruvian capital. Arriving in Lima at 1am sure was an experience with many dodgy people hanging around and the war torn looking streets completely dark and vacant. However, it wasn't too long before Gissa joined me though and the daylight bought some safety to a very tired and poor [View Full Entry]

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Well here we go...my first travel blog. Instead of emailing, I'm thinking this is going to be a better way of communicating while I'm on the road. I leave Australia for a 5 month travel adventure on Nov 12 so rather than boring people with news of my moving from Sydney to Melbourne and my resignation from ACP (yes during the current global economic crisis - yikes!), I probably won't write in this blog until I am chewing on coca leaves high above the clouds somewhere in Peru. Until then... [View Full Entry]

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