So got into Puno very early in the morning so just sat and had breakfast while watching the sun rise over the smelly bus station. Once the station became busier we went down the stairs and bumped into a guy who did tours of the floating islands. Off we went with him into a taxi to his office. Turned out the tour wasn't until later that morning so we went into town to see the sight. There wasn't really any but we did get to ride in one of those tuc tuc type things...

So the landing into Cusco was yet another rather exciting experience. I think pilot training over here is like a short process. So myself and the Irish girl got of and grabbed our bags in amongst the annoying Americans and the Peruvian band trying to entertain us. Life is very different here, instead of simply grabbing a taxi you become Mr "HOW MUCH" and you barter with everyone. So yeh we did eventually find a taxi that was at a cost we could accept ev...

So got to Lima(anagram of my name, sort of) and just went straight to a hostel. Lima was a very big city on the coast so a 2 min walk from my hostel took my to the ocean. I didnt get up to much here as time was short so i decided to go straight to a travel agent and booked a flight to Cusco. The next day i had a very early start to get to the airport. The airport was incredibly busy as it turned out Interaymi was on. Its a massive sun god festival and its the mos...

Piura was HOT. It was soo good. but i was a bit thrown by the urbanism of it after spending so much time in more rural areas. There was no bus station where you can normally get some info where the hell you are so i grabbed a taxi and got out my guide book. I chose a hostel/hotel and pointed to it so the taxi driver could take me there. I told him i didn't want cold water, oh yes i learnt some Spanish. After about 3 hostel i gave up and decided to just take o...