Mmm..... alpaca and pisco Joe, Laura and I went to the bank followed by a cheap set lunch, S/4 ($1.70) for soup starter and main. Straight away I lead Joe to a meat meal but he will likely eat more while I'm around. We were almost finished when we watched a little boy run out onto the road following a ball. Half the restaurant held there breath as a car screeched to a stop just out of sight. The boy was fine but i think the father/restaurant owner almost died o...

Laura and Joe arrive Sarah had a rest and I walked the city to see what this place had to offer. The central square is interesting and there is so much history. You notice the bases of some buildings are Inca style, where I assume they were either so well built the Spanish either didn't want to or couldn't destroy them. I headed up any little street, cobbled and sealed, for cars or not (some crazies found a way to still get a car or bike up it. By the end I was ...

Cusco We took a day bus to cusco via a semi crazy taxi driver, i guess it would be a job that makes people insane! when we arrived we ran into the English couple from sucre in the bus stop, that was unexpected. The bus was long but pleasantly uneventful and we arrived, taxied and checked in in cusco at Hatun Quilla. It's a cheap family run, place (mix between a hotel and a b&b).

A time to change (to Sol Andino) We simply got our arses out of that place as soon as we could and walked up to a different place, Sol Andino. Great cheap hotel, cheaper than the last and we had cable, two beds and the best hot shower in South America in our own clean private bathroom. Sarah decided to rest and enjoy the facilities as I walked into the city and the amazing streets of markets La Paz is famous for. I looked at a map and found what i wanted, San ...

Arrived in loco (crazy) La Paz We arrived in true South American style, being thrown from side to side in our seats and even getting some air! We got off and headed to the taxis to find out so many of the roads were blocked and none of the taxi's wouldn't move us to where we wanted to go.... its Bolivian independence day. We arrived at our hostel where we were to stay one night (and one night too long) in HI-Onkel Inn 1886. As we arrived, did we have a room?The...