We stayed on both sides of Lake Titicaca which spreads across the Peru/Bolivia border, considered in Andean mythology to be the birth place of the first Incas and centre of the universe, the lake is both beautiful and rich in culture. The Bolivian side (Copacabana) is smaller with lots of small restaurants and bars and a hippy traveller feeling where we tried the local specialtiy, rainbow trout from the lake, and the boys ordered Guinea Pig! I tried it and we all...

Ok, heres another late blog supposedly from La Paz (we are now in Peru), I hope i can remember everything! Following the Uyuni tour we caught an overnight train to Oruro, a town 3 hours from La Paz, and then hopped on the first bus out to the capital. More comfy than i expected, and before we knew it we were driving through the vast suburbs of La Paz. We were shocked and surprised at the sheer enormity of the place, the city is built into a valley which is defina...

Well its been a long time since the last blog, sorry we have become slightly lazy. Ok so where to start?! We have taken advantage of luxury bolivian trains to travel up from the argentine border to the salt flats (these trains had a dining car with a nice meal, tv and amazing views of the mountains - nice change from buses). One scary moment (for Rae at least) when the power cut out in the middle of nowhere at night, luckily it was all sorted in no time. We got t...

It seems we arrived in Cordoba at the wrong time - the surrounding countryside is the main attraction there and there were no tours running to the country due to the amount of rain they had had, however we were there at the weekend so we nibbled on local cakes and pastries at the crafts market. The hostel was OK but the breakfast wasnt very good, anyway we left Cordoba a bit earlier than planned and came to Salta in the north. We really like Salta, theres a great...

Hello everybody we have been in Buenos Aires for the last 5 days or so, although we didn´t originally plan to be here at all, too many travellers that we met on the way told us not to miss it! I'm sure it wont be the last detour we take. The city has a very European feel, with lots of museums, art galleries and coffee shops. We have visited Evita in the Cementario de la Recoleta, and though the graveyard itself is impressive - more like a small lazy city f...