Dixons travel

From Buenos Aires we had no choice but to do a long bus journey north to see Iguazu Falls. The flights were mad expensive and way out of our budget. We had spent just one month in Argentina and didn’t want to stop off along the way to Puerto Iguazu. So a 17 hour bus was what we opted for. But before you feel sorry for us, don’t. This was a first class bus just like first class on a plane. The service was amazing. Fully reclining seats/beds. Champagne avec Strawberry (mange tout, Rodney, mange tout) and the courses/drinks that followed were non stop amazing. Our dinner was basically a roast beef dinner with all the veg plus treats you wanted. My wine was topped up and so was John’s whiskey. It was great. We actually ... read more

We left Rosario early in the morning for a nice & easy 4 hour bus journey. A novelty bus journey compared to what was ahead of us. We were about an hour away when we reached the outskirts of Buenos Aires. And it was looking like this city was going to be a mammoth one. There was no way we were going to try and walk from the bus station to the hostel. My poor legs just cramped at the thought of it. So we splashed out on a cab and our backs were thankful for it. 20 minutes later we were in San Telmo and in our hostel. More like an Ikea budget hotel. Oh how I miss Ikea. Everything was bright colours and plastic. I don’t know why certain hostels even from the outside ... read more

So were on our bus with the rest of the group. Our tour to machu picchu consisted if a guided tour to pisac, olataytambo and the sacred valley before leaving the group who would head back to cusco and we would catch our train to Agnes calientes. Stay the night there and get up for sunrise to Mp. It all sounded great and all in Spanish. Our guide ploughed into full on info about pisac and well who knows. We must of had that 'que??' look on our faces as he shuffled up to us and asked if we spoke Spanish. He spoke English perfectly so we were in luck but there were still some lost in translation moments when he would talk in Spanish, at length, they would all laugh and our translation would be ... read more

Left Puno early in the morning and had a unbelievably chilled boarder crossing at Kasani to get to Bolivia. Nothing like what we thought it would be a nice relief though. We were heading to Copacabana in hope of some nice chill out time and a quieter spot on Lake Titicaca. Most of the bus were La Paz bound which is another 3 more hours. We were greeted in Copacabana main street by small cafe, modest hostel & hotels and overall a nice vibe. We set off to find cheap & safe digs and were successful. Our room was for nothing and had a great view of the lake. It would take all of 20 minutes to explore this little town and we were happy with that. Both still a little run down since Puno and ... read more

Arequipa and the colca canyon.  From Arica the journey is by bus across the boarder into peru and through to tacna, Peru. A nice and easy boarder crossing. From tacna we booked our bus to Arequipa, meaning we had to hang around the bus station for about an hour. Then the bus stopped about 12 times along the way to pick people up, drop them off at random places and for women to come on the bus and sell all sorts of food, mainly sugary, powdery cakes. We got to Arequipa tired and hungry (we didn't go for the cakes) plus it was late in the day too. And we discovered that our room that we had booked was still occupied by someone who was ill. Which meant we got a dodgy room next to the ... read more