Greetings Blog Readers! I think I signed off last time before we went off to Machu Picchu so I´ll fill you in on the details! Machu Picchu is basically why everybody comes to Peru, and really, South America. It was an ancient Inca City perched high in the mountains and was discovered by Hiram Bingham at the start of the 20th Century (although apparently many people knew about it before him but he was American, rich and important so everybody took notice once he´d found it!). Consequently, it is a huge draw for tourists, and hence, money for the country. This means that it´s illegal for tourists to use the local trains and the cost of going there is huge. However, it was definitely worth all the money! We got up early and shared a taxi ... read more

Hola Blog Readers! We´ve just come back from three spectacular days in Bolivia. We set off from Puno just after breakfast on Thursday morning for a coach ride to Copacobana. It only cost 10 Soles for the 3 hour trip. Once there we booked a boat ride across to the small island called Isla Del Sol where we would be spending the night. We had a look at few of the shops and bought some horrible food before getting on the 1.5 hour boat ride. It was quite choppy at the start but the views of the islands were amazing, the water was clear and because Lake Titicaca is so big it felt like we were sailing out to sea! It was, however, the first time we´d seen any clouds since Lima! Once at the Isla ... read more

Buenos Dias! We've literally just got back from our 3 day trek! We thought we should fill you in on whats been happening! On Thursday night we got a coach out of Lima which would take us to Arequipa overnight. We set off at 6pm and arrived in Arequipa at around 10am. The coach trip was fine. They served us dinner and breakfast and we got to watch some movies. I think Laura put a request in because none other than The Little Mermaid was put on in the morning! There was only a little leg room for old lanky here but the seats reclined quite far back so we could get some sleep in. Some poor little Peruvian kid got really travel sick and I'm slightly surprised that we didn't! We got a taxi out ... read more

Bonjourno Blog Readers! We're just packing for our trip to Peru and thought we should send out a 'taster' blog for anybody thinking of following us on our travels. If you're reading this then save the link so you can get to it quickly each time we update it! I think it should be http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Tink-And-Laura/ . The plan of action is to fly into Lima, get a coach to Arequipa then move to Puno before spending a few days in Bolivia via Copacabana and La Paz. We'll then visit Cusco and Machu Picchu before flying to Puerto Maldonado in the Amazon Basin. We're thinking of travelling across to Brazil at some point since we're only about 4 hours coach ride away! We then fly back to Lima and do some last minute present shopping before coming ... read more

Hello blog readers, I'm absolutely gutted because I did an amazing blog 2 days ago in Goa and just as I clicked publish I got onto a screen saying I'd logged out and the blog hadn't been published. Laura doesn't want me to sit re-writing another blog (because she gets bored sat here watching me read it - I told her to go out into the night and try and get mugged - she didn't find it funny but I know my Dad would have told me to do the same thing). Anyways, I guess we'll just have to tell you about our days last couple of days in Goa for another time. Needless to say, we hired a scooter (hope you were sitting down Mum), parked outside a police station without a license or helmet, ... read more