Climbing El Misti 21-22/6 It took us a while but we found a place with people paid and ready to climb El Misti as it requires 2 or more people and Sarah was not keen. After some quick preparations and watching Miami win game 7 of the NBA finals, it's bedtime ahead of the climb. We drive to the starting point of the El Misti assent, with Sarah in the car too to take some photos and see more of Arequipa. I fill the bag with a tent, sleeping bag, roll mat, cutler...

Bus to Arequipa Not to much to say, a rushed breakfast and pocketing a knife and rolls for later. We ran ourselves out of Bolivianos, caught our bus and started the full day trip to Arequipa.

Death road We were up early, We were so excited at the prospect, Sarah was more nervous than anything else. We were picked up 40 minutes late and expected to be the last into the minibus. We were actually the first, this is Bolivian time. We watched as the guide Mericio collected two guys from a different hotel. From the van across the road we watched the English guy Kurt, think they were getting into a two door coupe. He got onto the bus alittle red after askin...

La Paz sight seeing!! We Both got up and headed to eat a simple breakfast. 'Not feeling to bad.' We planned out a big day to complete the final sights we wanted to see in a day with the necessity of posting our presents home. We started with the coca museum. This is not a coke bar or a seedy place, but the history of the use of coca and its turbulent past. It also explained the benefits from chewing the leaves. I didn't realise there were no photos allowed so ...

15/6 Game of Thrones marathon Another day started in bad fashion, we both struggled to move. We flicked on the tv, mainly for a distraction from our sick bodies. We got the first episode of series 3 of Game of Thrones. We had been wanting to see this for a while. One after another, HBO play the whole season, add free. A nice relaxing day broken up when I quickly went across the road for bananas and water, or to order the $2 room service vegetable soup. We he...