Ruth52

After my long bus journey I was up early for a 'free' tour of the city it was great there was me and one other person the guide was from the US and told us all about teh city and it history, building and statues. It was really good and ended up send the rest of the day site seeing then people watching with a glass of wine from a roof top bar. I went out that evening with the people form the tour for a traditional meal and then a club. It was good but strange as you can smoke inside in Chile so was not nice - so pleased the uk has a smoking ban!! On Sunday I got the bus to Santiago where I met up with Danika and Natalie who I met ... read more

Hey Everyone, It has been awhile since I have updated the blog. I have probably missed lots out so these are a few of the highlights. After Machu Picchu we went back to Cuzco and had a lazy day doing a bit of shopping ready for our early bus transfer to Puno near Lake Titicaca. The bus journey was long but ok there was alot of space and the roads weren't as bad as I expected. We arrived in Puno and went out for chicken and chips a local dish.lol which was really good and just what we all needed. The next day we got tuc tuc's to the port and went on a boat ride around the lake to the floating island where we were told how the are made ad how if the people ... read more

Hi Everyone, I have had a busy time since my last entry, I met the group that I will complete my 15 day tour with eveyone is really nice and sharing a room with Luice who is from London and has been travelling for the last 4 weeks so this is the end of her trip. We started our tour by flying into the Amazon jungle. After an 1 hour bus journey and 2 hour boat journey we arrive at our logdes. The views from the boat were amazing the sun was setting and the colours in the sky were more beautiful then I had ever seen before. You could hear the river frogs and crickets making you relaise that you where far from the busy city. The lodges were great with bannana trees growing outside. ... read more

Hi Everyone, Well I have made it to Cusco and the girls orphange, after 3 flights and some interesting taxis rides. Cusco is beautiful it is really warm in the sun and cold in the shade I haven´t explored much at the moment but looking forward to walking round the old inca buildings. The orphange has 14 girls of all different ages they are on scholl holidays at the moments so just playing games and keeping them entertained. The other volunteers are lovely, really friendly so have made me feel very welcome. Some of them hae been to the areas I´m visiting on my trek and it sounds amazing. only a short on today as I have no photos and not much has happened yet. xxx... read more