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After 6 months we finally made it to Machu Picchu, and it didnt dissapoint...... read more

After La Paz we spent a few days chilling out in the beautiful city of Sucre (officially the capital of Bolivia). From Sucre, we visited dinoland on the exquisitly cheesy dinobus. Dinoland contains loads of dinosaur footprints preserevd in the rocks. Lifesize models had been created based on the footprints, of the dinosaurs that once roamed this part of the earth, one of which a bit like a diplodocus was up to 36m in length. When we were away from ´Jurassic park´ we were mostly drinking barcardi and playing Perudo (some odd betting game with dice, greatly enhanced by the presence of rum and coke). Hannah was a bit poorly and therefore missed out on the delights of Perudo. Next Potosi, at 4000m, the highest city in the world. Me and Fabian took a tour of ... read more

We got together with two fellow brits, Kev and Claire, and a frenchman, Fabian, who we had met on the Colca canyon trek to tackle Bolivia. We all wanted to travel a similar route in Bolivia so it seemed to make sense. The border crossing from Peru into Bolivia was suprisingly smooth. Our first stop in Bolivia was Copacabana set aside the mystical waters of lake Titicaca. The trout here was spectacular, simply grilled and served with chips and salad. Eating one of these with a local beer on the shores of Titicaca is the way that life should be lived. A short boat ride away, but a world away from the hustle and bustle of Copacabana, the Isla del Sol. This island seems to float on Titicaca like a crouton in a huge bowl of ... read more

Some bas***d robbed me on the overnight bus from Huaraz to Trujillo. It wasn´t until we got to our hotel that I realised our camera, my phone and wallet had been stolen. Its typical as it was the first time I have managed to get a decent nights kip on a bus! To make matters worse it was Hannahs birthday. I dont think spending the day trying to communicate with the Peruvian police to get a report was quite what she had in mind. In the end it took approximatley 6 officers and the whole day to get our half-page report. The chocolate cake we had for lunch was a bit of consellation... Purchasing a new camera presented its own challanges, eventually after the most stressfull shopping experiance ever we managed to get a fairly decent ... read more

Crazy Taxi In a previous blog I commented on the ´abstract´ driving style of the Cambodians. After our visit to Lima, I realise this is nothing... Take the 8 million inhabitants, a complete lack of road rules and introduce them to the motor car. What you have is chaos. Driving is clearly a contact sport here, you only have to look at a local taxi to realise this; cracked windscreens, missing bumpers, smashed lights, scrapes, dents even missing doors! The driving approach is as follows: the horn is an effective means to alert someone to your presence, but far more effective is to just crash into them. Taking a cab in Lima is an adrenelin sport in itself, you find yourself holding on for dear life as the driver pulls out of a junction, they dont ... read more