Ok, well today's post has a few moments of the trip for the bus last night. We were meant to originally leave at 10pm, however due to the issue we had last time we took a 10 hour bus trip, our tour guide organised for us to catch the 8pm bus, he had the transfer (minibus) organised to pick us up at 7pm from the hotel, at 7pm still no minivan, he called them and it appeared there was some kind of emergency and they had to organise another driver for us and it woul...

Up early this morning to head to try and find some condors flying, apparently it's best to see them early in the morning. We took a drive from our hotel across the bumpy road for about 40 minutes until we reached the lookout spot. We got out and it wasn't long until we saw our first glimpse of the condors. At over 3 meters in width the condors are one of the largest birds in the world. Our guide Freddy advised is that they don't even fly... They glide. There we...

Not a great sleep last night, woke with a sore neck which I can only assume came from a the bad sleep on the bus the night before. On top of that I also had a blocked nose and dry mouth, which could be from the altitude, I really don't know. After a quick shower and breakfast we meet up with a new guide "Freddy" who would join our tour, he is quiet a bit of a character. He has a great knowledge of the area and is able to explain a lot about the history and the be...

The plan today was to wander the streets of the Arequipa, known as the 'white city' due to all the white buildings around the place. Instead we were woken at 6:45am by our bus coming to a complete stop. About 2km from the township of Cruza de La Roya. Turns out that the people of this township had closed the Main Street in and out of the town, and now traffic is backed up on both sides. While we waited for the block to clear, we decided to take a little walk up t...

Lots happened today. Don't think I'll remember everything, but I'll try and remember as much as I can. Thought I'd warn you now before you continue on. I woke this morning at a little after 7am to get prepared to head off to the Nazca lines while everyone else stayed behind to relax by the pool. I caught a plane with just three other passengers, it was a Cesnar 206, a very small plane which only holds 6 people, I had heard the stories of the flying on those plane...