Reading this journal one could be forgiven for thinking that travelling is one amazing site after another with a bit of good food and a few drinks thrown in as well. Well our journey from Puno to Cuzco and events when we got to Cuzco certainly showed us the less glamorous side to life on the road. We got to our bus for an 08:30am departure and went upstairs to our seats to be met by a stink that made both of us insticintively gag..unfortunatley it didnt come fro...

We arrived last night into Puno, after a five hour bus journey, mostly spent winding up and down and around the Andes. We both started to feel a little unwell by the time we arrived. Again, we arrived to a sign held by a man, stating Mr Brackley! these little hostels are great at collecting you, even if you have just given them a random bus arrival time. We just hoped hat he wasn't waiting too long, as it was bitterly cold. The hotel is great, we even have an es...

We are safely back in Arequipa after an eventful and amazing three days trekking the Andes. We woke up on saturday morning early for our 7:45am pick up and for the first time of the trip there was stomach ache to deal with. Hayley was not feeling at all well, not even touching her breakfast which was a sure sign things were not ok. Anyway we got into the van and met our tour leader Elias and then went round picking up the rest of our group, first Martin from Ho...

This is a short blog entry- We are in Arequipa. a beautiful city in the Andes. We arrived yesterday morning after an overnight bus journey from Nazca. Arequipa is at about 2500 metres above sea level and the air is thin. It has taken some getting used to, you feel short of breath very easily, tired and yet it is difficult to sleep...a bit like Vegas Casino?s...Anyway it is late right now and tomorrow morning we are going on a three day two night trek around the ...

Nazca.. We arrived yesterday and had decided to treat ourselves to a nice hotel, so we were well chuffed when our expectations were met for once..not only that but it was hot, hot enough to swim in the pool...if i had swimmers.. anyway the point of being here was to see the Nazca Lines. Ancient people, called funnily enough the Nazca, in about 300bc drew huge images on a valley floor that can only be seen from the air..Various theories are held, aliens and drug...