Cusco – Choquequirao – Cusco We arrived in Cusco very early in the morning and were provided with a room in our hostel in which to rest until ours became available, very nice! The bus journey had been on an awesome bus but the driver had been a little crazy so we hadn't slept much in the night. The hostel was lovely though about 15 minutes walk from the centre. Later that day we walked into town with the sole mission of picking our trek to Choquequirao. It ...

Arequipa Suffering from the night out in Puno we got up early and boarded our bus to Arequipa, this was a real bargain, we only paid 25 soles (£6) and were expecting a death bus, but we got a quality double decker coach with a bathroom! Was an easy 6 hour ride, the bus company is called Julsa, its half the price of all the other tourist buses. We got a cab from the bus station, I gave the man the address of the hostel I booked the previous night on the net, ...

Puno / Floating Islands Another really easy border crossing to Peru and an easy 4 hour drive to Puno. However we were at the back yet again! We were sat next to a cool, Argentinian girl who told us loads about Buenos Aires and two Slovakian girls who were cool as well. We got to Puno and got a taxi to Hostel Bothy, the taxis here are silly cheap, 10 minute ride for 70p! The hostel we stayed in was amazing, the entrance looks like a dive but it opens out into a ...