hello, we are in Cochabamba at the moment, it is a really nice city. Although it has much more of a european feel to it, they have definatley addopted the western ideals of beauty, they even have wedding shops selling white, western wedding gowns! it is quite a rich place, supposedly the wealthiest in Bolivia in terms of having a huge abundance of agricultural trade. the weather is gorgeous and there are some beautiful buildings. the only thing is that the pe...

hola todo, we are back in La Paz after our three day choro trail treck into the rainforest with just a tent, food and a compass... we survived!! It was absoloubtly beautiful, we started at 4800 meters and climbed down for a day to a gorgeous little village in the valley. god knows how these people survive in such unbelievably remote surcumstances. we camped just outside the village. the second day we got up before sunrise and trecked up and down deeper into ...

Hey, got to La Paz this morning. Mad city, not particualarly nice but havent seen much of it yet. There are hundreds of market stalls selling dried Llama foeti (how the hell do you spell that?) ie, unborn babies they are proper nasty, they also have whole dried frogs and loads of unidentifiable stuffed animals all used for medicinal purposes (aparantly). Travelled here from Copacobana, a really cool town on Lago Titicaca, very hippy. We caught a boat across...

We left Cusco day after the footie and traveled over night to Puno a city on Lake titicaca. Arrived in the city at about 5 in the mo0rning and were convinced to stay in this hostal that worked out at two pound thirty each a night with a double bed and a private bath room. Not even as s*** as you would expect either. Webooked a trip to the islands of the lake. Firstly these floating islands that are made from the roots of reeds that are naturally boyant, then cove...

We are now back in cusco from going on the inca Trail. f***ing amazing. It started off with a bus journey to the starting point and the purchase of a sterdy bamboo walking stick. Headed off with great enthuisiasm and the first day went by fairly quickly. Weather was ok but fairly cloudy. The second day was the hardest with hours of uphill climbing at 4000 metres above sea level. It was a pretty wet day and the second pass, the highest, was freezing and practicall...