Madaz

We left Huancayo by taxi at an all too early hour in the morning - our driver collected us from the hostel as arranged, and as Nico decided to join us on this leg of the journey we unfortunately had to bump another bloke out of the ride - who we later met in Huancavelica, Luke, from the Lonely Planet... top bloke. The taxi ride was straight forward, we passed massive farming areas and learnt that the locals grow a ridiculous number of potato species, passing security checkpoints was stress-free, the road soon climbed over several passes - and down the other side was possibly the one of the world's most impressive potential Targa stages, I failed to get a photo but imagine about 40 mins of continuous sealed-road hairpins winding down a stunning valley, gold ... read more

Hola! So, here we are, finally in South America and begining the backpacking adventure we´ve been planning for what seems to be a lifetime now. Out first port of call - Lima, Peru The flight from Toronto went quite quickly, I guess it was finally hitting home for the both of us that soon we would actually be in Peru. The first shock was getting off the plane to be surrounded by masked personnel throughout the airport, it was kind of like a scene out of E.T... Getting through customs and immigration was hassle-free, although we had to pick the only line at immigration in which a guy got held up due to a problem with his passport, this additional wait was the last thing we wanted - but it´s not like we were in ... read more