Copacabana, Bolivia,From Puno we crossed the Peru/Bolivia border to Copacabana, also onthe shore of Lake Titicaca. Its a nice, small town and a gentleintroduction to Bolivia. We climbed up the hill overlooking the townknown as Calvary. On the walk up the hill are the stations of thecross. On top of the hill are several shrines, one for each decade ofthe rosary. From here there is a great view of the town and of LakeTiticaca.At 2:30pm we observed the blessing of t...

Puno/Lake TitcacaWe travelled to Puno for the sole purpose of visiting Lake Titicaca,the highest (and one of the biggest) lakes in the world. The town ofPuno itself is situated on the shore and doesn´t offer much in its ownright. We spent two days and one night on the lake. On day one wevisited the floating island of Uros, an artificial island whereeverything (boats, chairs, houses and the island itself) are made fromthe rushes that grow in the lake. From ther...

The Inka Trail runs along the Sacred Valley of the Urubamba River between Cusco and the abandoned city of Machu Picchu. We left Cusco at 6am on day 1. We got the bus to the point known as KM 88 crossing the Urubamba river on a footbridge at 2200 m. The first ruin we came across was Llactapata which we observed from a height. Day one was relatively easy (about 14km hike) with and we all got to the first campsite without too much hassle. Day 2 was a different sto...

Cusco, the ancient capital of the Inca Empire and gateway to the Inka trail and Machu Picchu. We arrived in Cusco from Lima travelling from sea level to 3300 meters above, in a one hour plane ride. The first couple of days were spent acclimatising before the Inka trail, and boy did we need it. We were staying in a lovely family house on top of a hill. Not a particularly big hill but it was killler for the first few days due to the altitude. Sleeping and eating we...

Our first visit to Lima was a short one en route to Cusco. We got in off a flight to LA a bit weary of what to expect in South America. However 5 minutes into our taxi ride we were at ease as we got a rundown on the history of Peru from our driver. We were staying in a lovely area by the coast called Miraflores. Our first visit was only for one day so we decided to focus on Miraflores and walked along the coast for the day, watching the surfers and the paraglider...