We got a night bus from La Paz to Uyuni which took around 12 hours and wouldn’t have been so bad if the last 3 hours of the journey hadn’t been on unpaved road! It was ridiculously bumpy considering this bus does this journey for tourists daily and there was no chance of any sleep on that part of ‘road’ - It was literally like sitting on a power plate with the setting to max! Anyway we arrived in Uyuni early in the morning ready to start our 3 day trip of Salar de Uyuni. Salar de Uyuni is located in the Southwest region of Bolivia near the Andes and Chile, and is the world’s largest salt flat at 4,086 sq miles. The Salar was formed as a result of transformations between several prehistoric lakes. It ... read more

First of all thanks to everyone who comments it’s great to know you are enjoying the blog and we love hearing from you! After another over-night bus (we are getting used to these now and quite liking them!) from Cusco we arrived (along with Mindy and Joel) at the Peru/Bolivia border around 7.30am. We got off the bus and headed through to passport control. We then realised we didn’t have any Bolivian currency on us and there was no cash point so with a mixture of Dollars, Euros, Pounds and a few Peruvian Soles that we found in our pockets and bags we managed to scrape together enough cash to exchange at the only money shop at the border for some Bolivianos and carry on through to passport control. After getting our passports stamped and filling ... read more

So on Tuesday we were up and out of the hostel by 4am to meet up with our tour group for our 1st day on the famous Inca Trail. Just to give you some background, The Inca Trail is by far the most famous trek in South America and is rated by many to be in the top 5 treks in the world. In 27 miles (approx 43km) it manages to combine beautiful mountain scenery, lush cloud-forest, subtropical jungle and, of course, a stunning mix of Inca paving stones, ruins and tunnels. It is a 4 day trek high up into the mountains, starting at km82 in Cusco, passing the Inca ruins of Llactapata, Runkurakay, Sayacmarca, Phuyupatamarca and Wiñay Wayna before finally arriving at Machu Picchu, the mysterious "Lost City of the Incas", for sunrise ... read more

***Sorry guys few days behind with blog due to no internet connection, but should be fully up to date over the weekend, Including Cusco and the Inka Trail . . . Anyway onto Nazca *** After a great couple of days sandboarding and chilling in Huacachina we headed to Nazca about 2 1/2 hours away, mainly to see the famous Nazca Lines. The Nazca lines are engravings of various animals/shapes including a dog, a monkey, a triangle, a condor and a spider. The lines have have been etched into the ground and can only be seen from the air, so we took a small jet plane over the lines to view them properly. No one knows how they got there or when. The plane was tiny with only 4 passengers, the pilot and a guide to ... read more

So . . . Today we had a trip planned to Paracas to see the famous Ballestas Islands which are renowned for their wildlife and can only be visited by boat. We had an early morning bus to catch from Lima to Paracas-Isla Ballestas at 4am which meant us only getting a few hours sleep in our hostel reception before our 3am pick. The bus journey headed south down the coast and was probably the most comfortable bus ride ever with big, reclining seats which pretty much went into beds. All tours start at 8am and as we were running a little late on the bus, we only just made it with our tour guide trying to make us run with our oversized bags to the pier. The speed boat was FREEZZZZZZZZING - The first site ... read more