Where to start? It´s been a while between entries for a few reasons: 1) We were in the Galapagos Islands on a cruise boat for 8 days so (blissfully) no internet there and well 2) For the other week we have been just cruising the islands, diving, snorkelling and along the way I have managed to spend a lot of time in the bano/loo with a dodgy stomach bug. So, there´s a bit to recount, therefore prepare yourselves for some really long, long-winded reading in your sneaky lunch hour.... Let me just start with AMAZING, AMAZING and AMAZING! The Galapagos Islands were more than I could have ever dreamed. The wildlife we literally came face to face with was unsurpassable and the islands themselves so different and unique in their own way. Our journey didn´t start ... read more

We´re sitting in one of the best hostels we have stayed in our whole visit waiting to go to the airport and jump on a plane to Ecuador. Stace and I have decided to hot foot it out of Peru and spend more time in Ecuador and Colombia. Everyone is telling us Colombia is the best and we have seen all that we wanted to see in Peru and it´s time to move on. The Peruvian people are very different from the Bolvians. For one, the guys do not leave you alone here and it is getting a bit ridiculous. We can´t stand the hassling anymore and the big cities have never been our favourite places so we have only been in Lima for 2 nights and we have actually stayed by the surf beach only ... read more

I´m a few days later than I thought I would be cos we got a bit caught up in various activities and places after leaving Cusco. But here´s part 2 of the Inca... On our third day of the Inca Trail we awoke to our routine wake up call - our wonderful porters greeting us and handing us a cup of hot coca de mate (coca leaf tea - it helps with the altitude). I ask you, who wakes up in the middle of the misty Peruvian mountains to a friendly face with a hot cup o tea poking through your tent? Hot soapy water for our "POME wash" then put the same old smelly hiking gear on, rug up for our amazing brekky again, grab walking poles and off we go... Day 3 was really ... read more

Okay....it is the eve before our Inca Trail trek and I am (just quietly) very nervous....it´s gonna be super tough, probably one of the hardest things I´ve ever done probably because I am not a hiker at all really - so it seems quite ironic that I would hike 42 kms over 3.5 days up some really steep hills in full blown altitude doesn´t it? What am I thinking? I am thinking that it is also going to be one of the most rewarding things I have ever done (or at least I hope so) cos I first dreamt of following the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu about 15 years ago when I read the Celestine Prophecy and was swept up in all it´s Inca glory... We leave at 5am tomorrow morning so I am wishing ... read more

Am a little behind in blog entries at the moment cos we have been on the go and seeing and doing so much and staying in some places where there is no electricty let alone internet! I have to go back a little to our La Paz experiences last week. Of course we signed up for the mountain bike ride down "The World´s Most Dangerous Road" whichis couple of hours out of La Paz. This is a road that is 3.2m wide and has 600m drop offs and huge, soaring cliffs. Up until 3 years ago it was the only road into La Paz from the northern areas so the 3.2m wide "road" was shared between trucks, buses, cars and crazy tourists on mountain bike trips! Needless to say many people came a cropper and have ... read more