Before I knew, 5 days had slipped away without not seeing much more than a few streets of the city. This was despite there being a selection of supposedly interesting ruins outside Cusco, however I did make it to see the picturesque Pisaq (small market village) and to my credit, the almost daily rain made exploring more difficult (also frustrating). While the rain put a dampener on Cusco (literally), time spent indoors was actually a lot of fun. It was fantastic...

With only one day in Arequipa, I made the most of the compact centre and explored the "white city" in a matter of hours including the lookout across the river, a couple of intriguing museums full of Amazonian wildlife (among other items) and admired the stunning backdrop of Volcan Misti looming in the distance. Avoiding being lured into a tour by 3 very seductive women (I literally ran out of the office, things got a little hot under the collar), the mood cooled ...

Running for our bus to Puno, Peru with mouths still full of a trout feed, myself and Enedino made the strictly tourist filled ride to the small village on the opposite shore of Lake Titicaca. The first thing I noticed after arriving in Puno was how much more polluted this side of the lake was. While Copa was clean and deep blue, the water of Puno was anything else but so. There was also many more pieces of plastic, containers etc. It made me a little bummed to se...

For a while I had been unsure of how a Christmas on the other side of the world, away from family/friends etc would feel. Of course it would be different to spend it alone after being used to a 2-3 day "bender" of food, drink and quality company back home. The journey to Copacabana, a small town on the shore of Lake Titicaca was interesting to say the least. Especially after it was broken midway into a boat journey across one stretch of water to an opposing town....

"Death Road", The World's Most Dangerous Road, Camino del Muerte etc. The title of world's most dangerous road is sure to attract flocks of adrenaline junkies, bmx nerds and hard nuts alike, and sure enough, when we rocked up to the top of the mountain for the start (over 4700m asl) there were herds of full face-helmet clad, testosterone filled blokes on bikes with suspension springs in every possible gap, firing each other up for a day of mayhem and speed. It wa...