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South America » Peru » Cusco » Cusco » Cusco April 15th 2008

So after getting up i met up with Ian and John and the Irish guys from the night before and had the hostel breakie of tea and jam and bread, oh i do love hostel breakkies and so i ordered egg on toast and the was no butter on the toast and Ian and John ordered bacon butties and no butter either. Toast and butties with no butter whats the world coming to. After chatting and using the internet and stuff, me, ian and john headed to the main plaza and had a look round and then headed to an irish bar for the first beer of the day and then we wondered some more and visted a local market. John wanted to book an inca trek so we went around a few agencys aswell to ... read more

OMG What A Wonderful Bus Journey

South America » Bolivia » La Paz Department » Copacabana April 14th 2008

Peruvian Border

Mikey M

So i got up at 7.30am after not such a good nights sleep and my stomach was still in knots and i packed up my gear to head to the travel agency as you had to be there before the bus leves at 9am and so i grabbed a light breakie and some sandwiches for the journey and headed up to the agency. When i bought the ticket i was told that the was a bus to Puno and then it was another bus direct to Cusco and what a load of cack that was, so at the agency i bumped into Ian again and so we sat together the whole journey on boith buss and so it was good to have the company. As it turned out the bus from Puno to Cusco stopped fecking ... read more

Festivals,Markets,Hill Hiking And Still Time To kill

South America » Bolivia » La Paz Department » Copacabana April 12th 2008

Copacabana

Mikey M

so as ever my bodyclock woke me up super early which was not all that great but im use to it by now....lol, so i used up some time repacking my rucksack and daysack and then i realised i was still sniffly after yesterday and my throat was dry so i think im coming down with a cold and so i tried to find some stuff in the local farmcies and my spanglish got me nowhere and so i went and just got paracetmol and some halls sweets so hopefully that will help. I then grabbed breakfast and i met a kiwi guy who was heading to la paz and so that was cool for a while and then back to my lonesome again, i then grabbed a breakfast and met ian from yesterday and he ... read more

Is It A Bit Sunny It Must Be Isla Del Sol

South America » Bolivia » La Paz Department » Copacabana April 12th 2008

Isla Del Sol

Mikey M

So i awoke at 7.30 am for the boat over to the Isla Del Sol or island of the sun and an important place in Inca myth as the birth place of the sun. so you get what you pay for and so the was no water in the shower this morning and so i fresened up as much as i could. I grabbed the usual stuff like camer and sun block etc and headed out to get some breakie and the place i went to was so slow and i had to get my own cutterly as the server did not bring it over, i had musli with my breakkie today and its nothing like back home, its wheat puffs and so unidentifiable fruit and the worst milk i have ever tasted, i manged to ... read more

Chilling In Copa

South America » Bolivia » La Paz Department » Copacabana April 10th 2008

Copcabana

Mikey M

So this morning i woke fairly early although the baby screaming next door, the early church bells and the dogs barking did not make for a great nights sleep, me and adam risked our lifes in the shower with the dodgey bolivan electrics, not together though......lol. We grabbed breakie at a nice little place and looked round the local church which was cool and then we looked round the shore which was nice till we saw rubbish dumped, it appears that alot of south american countrys dont care about the environment. I then found a hostel for 15 bolivanos and moved my stuff and then we had a wonder round town and we both bought water bottles for cusco in an outdoor store and then we met the couple from yesterday and they and adam booked ... read more

Colca Canyon And Beyond

South America » Peru » Arequipa » Colca Canyon April 10th 2008

Colca Canyon

Mikey M

So later that night me, adam and ed and tany met up and went to a cool and cheap veggie place, 8 soles fior three course and a tea. Me and adam had decided to do a one day hike in the colca canyon the next day and we decided to go and do it at Cabaconde. We headed to bed early as we planned to get up early and head to the local bus terminal as appose to the national terminal. We got there and the was only one bus company that went to cabanaconde in the morning, it was 15 soles one way and the bus was at 11.45am, we were told it was a 5 hour journey....lol. We got some snacks and killed 15 mins on the pc, it turned out the was ... read more

Nasca And The White City

South America » Peru » Arequipa » Arequipa April 6th 2008

Arequippa

Mikey M

So after my last blog i went and got an omlette and then sat in the cafe reading for two hours and so that was two hours down and then i went for a walk and met Carolina a danish girl from the previous hostel. We sat and chatted about our mutual trips and she was killing time till her bus at 8pm to Cusco and she is from Cophagen and i told her about my danish girlfreind and then we went to the park in nascar and chatted some more and then some local kids tried talking to us and we both used our bad spanglish. Then we headed to the bus terminal and i met this aussie couple who were on the danish girls bus and we all chatted about our travels and watched ... read more

Killing Nine Hours In Nazca Aint Easy

South America » Peru » Ica » Nazca » Nazca Lines April 5th 2008

Nascar

Mikey M

So i did not have the best of nights sleep, as i was kept awake by the bar playing music full blast and the bar was empty and then dogs barking etc etc and so when i get home im going to sleep for a month to catch up on this sleep im missing. So last night me and the US guys went to our usual haunt and i had a veggie sandwich and chips and they had a burger and chips between them as they were feeling a little worse for wear as they had been sampling the local stuff if you know what i mean, i have dabbled in my youth, but i stick to acohol these days as its a little less harmful and my girlfriends not into the whole substance thing and ... read more

Much A Do About Nothing

South America » Peru » Ica » Huacachina April 4th 2008

Huchanina

Mikey M

So i have time to kill so i go up and sunbathed and read most of the day, grabbed coffee with an aussie girl amanda and her friend luce who is dutch, they met in Boliva and have been traveling together ever since. Then i grabbed dinner at a pizza place with thes US guys sam and mark who i met yesterday and shared beers and pizza with yesterday evening aswell. Then today the 4th im round the pool and reading again to kill some time, i had breakfast at this place called the bamboo house which is run by this kool woman from cornwall and i had a great cup of earl grey. The plan tomorrow is to set of early to Nascar and do the lines there and then head from there to Arequipa ... read more

Subject To Change

South America » Peru » Ica » Huacachina April 3rd 2008

Huchanina

Mikey M

So after finishing off my last blog i made myself a massive 6 egg omlette (with vegggies so my mum does not worry...lol)which was scrummy if i do say so myself and then followed up doing a pub quiz in the bar of the hostel, i joined a team called as good as it gets and this team consisted of me, a peruvian guy,a Candian girl and two Dutch couples. It was fun and we ended up third, im afraid no prize for best third place finish but all proceeds went to help street kids, after the quiz i went to get some kip as i was tired, i always seem to be tired must be this constant moving on. The plan was to go to pisco the next morning, but plans can and will change. ... read more

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