So before leaving La Paz the plan had been to go to the san pedro prison with colin and alan these crazy irish guys or to go with these kiwiw guys i met, neither pair turned up and so i did not end up going, although im not overely bothered to be honest and in the end the money i would have used there i instead used at the witches market and got myself some bits and bobs and some gifts for my girlfriend and family including the cutest alpaca hoddie ever for my soon to be born niece Evie Lynn who is due around the 15th May 2008. I then chilled out in the hostel bar and met this cool english and irish guy and danish girl and we drank till the bar closed and ... read more

So the night before i met Jimmy this english guy and his friends and they were planning to go to the San Pedro prison the next day and id invited myself along...lol. I was up fairly early and spent most of the morning waiting for the internet and then followed by waiting for the travel desk so i could book the Gravitiy Assisted mountian bike trip down the worlds most dangerous road. I finally got to speak to the travel agency guy and booked up the trip for the next day and it skinned me 570 bolivanos, however if your going to do the worlds most dangerous road you want decent guides and equipment and its worth payig a bit more i think, also id heard really good things about Gravitity. With that booked i took ... read more

So after my rude awakening i did not get back to sleep and instead stayed in bed for a while longer and then went to have a shower and the water was freezing which was fun as i was full of snot and a sore throat. I then went and grabbed a new de_orderant and grabbed a bottle of water and when i got back to the hostel Soren was there and he was the Danish guy i had met in Patagonia and he was looking to move hostels and i told him to steer clear of the hostel i was in. It is called the cactus hostel, so if in La Paz give it a wide berth. Ao Soren was there with some girls he had been traveling with and so we went up the ... read more

So again when leaving Cusco i had to pay a departure tax and to be honest im getting pissed off that im paying so much for flights and its not included and also having to pay to use bathrooms that worse than some found in Asia?, well rant over i landed at Puerto Maldonao and no gap representative and then i was met by Fernando a guide for Amazona Rainforrest and apprently they do the trip i had booked and then i saw a flash bus and i was directed to a naff one and i was thinking hey between flights and the trip this has cost me nearly 500 pounds. The bus then went to the office and then we headed to the port to get a boat to the Lodge and we got a ... read more

So today i got up feeling a little worse for wear and the swedish girls from my room were moving out and the danish guys, i grabbed breakkie and then packed my daysack and packed up my rucksack to store at the baggage store in the hostel during my trek. I skyped my parents which was cool and i checked my emails and nothing of interest, i got some biscuits fr the hike and paid up my accommodation and got some water for the trek chatted with guys from last night and had some food and just had a lazy day again and i think ill need to get cash out again before Boliva which is a pain. As yet no sign of a sleeping bag so hopefully i get one in the morning or it ... read more