After arriving in Chivay I checked into my hotel, it was just on the outskirts of town and seemed very nice...I had a great view from my room. I'd thought that I had a free afternoon and evening to fill but was called by the agency I'd booked my trip through and told that the group I was doing the Colca Canyon tour with the following morning were already in town and I could chose to join them for the afternoon/evening activities.It sounded like a good idea to me ...

Lake Titicaca (in local language Titi Kaka, which means 'grey puma') is the highest navigable lake in the world and is bordered by both Peru and Bolivia, Peru owns about 60% of it and Bolivia the rest. The main access points are from Copacabana in Bolivia (to visit Isle de Sol and Isle de Luna) or from Puno in Peru (to visit the Floating Islands of Uros, Isle of Taquille and Amantani island). I was making my trip from the Peruvian side and was planning to visit t...

The next part of my adventure was a trip to the Peruvian Amazon Rainforest. To get there I had a 50 minute flight from Cuzco to the town of Puerto Maldonado and during the flight I had my first glimpse of the orangey waters of the Amazon river as it winds it's way through the jungle. Stepping off the plane I was hit by the humidity but it was quite a welcome change after the dryness of the air that I'd been experiencing at altitude for the last couple of weeks.I ...

After an early morning flight I arrived in Cuzco on a sunny summer morning. I was picked up at the airport by a very friendly driver who gave me a short guided tour on our way into the city. First impressions of Cuzco were very favourable, especially compared to La Paz! The city is very low rise with attractive stone buildings and inca ruins around every corner. My hotel is located just off the Plaza de Armas, so very convenient for all of the main sights. Afte...

We arrived in Potosi after midnight so it was straight to bed that night and a rare opportunity to have a lie-in the following morning. The plan for the day in Potosi was to visit the working mines in Cerro Rico. These were formerly silver mines but pretty much all of the silver was taken by the Spaniards so the main outputs are now Zinc and Tin among other things. After breakfast we were picked up by the tour guide and boarded a bus that was to take us to the mi...