Hello everyone! I´m in Rio at the moment, been here for one day so far. This city is unbelievably massive!! Can´t comprehend most of it! Atleast they have a Metro system which is similar to the London Underground system. Although slightly more up to date!/ In Puno, we got a 2 day tour of the Floating Islands, made of straw. It was awesome seeing how they managed to construct these islands. We got a demonstration of how they make the islands, then a demonstrati...

Hey everyone,I am in Puno, Peru at the moment! did a 6 hour bus journey from Arequipa earlier today then checked into a hostel. We are grounded here until 1st May because there is a bus strike going on so we can´t cross the border into Bolivia until then! Kat has broken her foot, but we managed to get her to a doctor and her foots now in a cast so shes a bit of an invalid at the moment!After the Inca Trail, we stayed a couple of nights in Cusco to recover proper...

Hello everyone!I got back yesterday from the Inca Trail trek! It was absolutely awesome and I had a great time! Not sure when my last blog entry was, so I will try fill in the details. Before the Inca Trail, we went white water rafting in the Sacred Valley, just north of Cusco. It was amazing! Had such a great time, apparently we went over grade 3 and 4 rapids, and the scale goes up to 6. Managed to stay on the raft which was a challenge! Sally and Steph both fel...

Hello everyone, I´ve gotten back from the Amazon River now! We flew into Iquitos and started the 3 day tour the next day on the 6th April.It was AWESOME! i have to do a quick blog update as i dont have much time. on the first day we dumped our bags at the Cumaceba jungle lodge (huts on stilts in the middle of the jungle) and went for a guided walk into the jungle. Our guide, Ceasar, showed us all sorts of different plants and trees, pointed out prehistoric birds...

Hello from Peru!!I´m currently sat in a super humid internet cafe in the town of Mancora (spelling?) on the coast of Peru! Had an epic bus journey to get here. Got the bus from Latacunga, Ecuador last night at around 8pm, which took us to the next city down called Ambato or something. This was a couple of hours which was fine. Then we had to find a bus to any city south of Ambato, so ended up having to get a 6 hour bus journey to Guayaquil on the coast. It was t...