Ouch. What a night! I hauled my sorry arse out of bed so I wouldn´t waste a minute of time in this out-of-control city. The hostel included a nice breakfast, so I drank about 5 cups of coca tea - better than blue powerade to cure a horrific hangover. Then Dawn and I set out to explore the city. We wandered around the witches markets - a road with apparent witches who sell all sorts of creepy things to ward off bad spirits and bring you luck. The most interes...

It was an early wake up call this morning, in preparation for a huge, exciting day! To be honest, I didn't sleep much because I was so pumped. Dawn and I packed our day packs and had a quick breakfast before meeting up with the boys to walk to our meeting place. We met up with our guide Mark, a terry tough nut baldy from Sydney, in whom I would place my entire life while cycling down the worlds most dangerous road - El Camino del Muerte (in English, THE DEATH R...

Our last night in Peru was spent having a nice dinner in the main plaza of Puno and a few drinks at the local bars. An early morning followed, as we were crossing the border in to Bolivia. The bus ride followed the shores of Lake Titicaca, so there was no shortage of awesome things to see, and about 4 hours later we had reached the border. Honestly, I expected a large airport style border with loads of security and guns, but there was only a long line going in...

Another unique wake up call this morning in the form of a very loud donkey who sounded like he was being murdered! Our mums were already sitting by the wood fired oven by the time we'd gotten up. It was still bitterly cold, about -8 degrees, but the breakfast of pancakes and muña tea fixed everything. We then began the hike back to the port and said goodbye to our mums. It was an hour boat ride to Taquille island, and it's surprising how much these islands look...

We had a surprise waiting for us outside the hostel this morning - cyclists ready to pedal us to the port. So after a bumpy ride, we jumped off the bikes and onto our boat to take us across Lake Titicaca - the highest navigable lake in the world. Considering Puno is at an attitude of 3900m, it was pretty high, and massive. Puts Lake Taupo to shame. Our first stop was to the famous floating island of Uros. They are built on floating blocks of reeds, and then cut...