So we finally arrive in Puno after our journey from Copa. We arrive in the bus station (which is a lot tamer than I had anticipated) and get in a cab. Sarah and I have devised a system of choosing cabbies called the ¨can we take him¨ system. I.E. we choose the oldest/weakest looking cabbie that we can. It is working well so far. We arrive at the hotel and I tip the driver (he was v happy) and then drop off our bags. Our hotel (the Queltiquena) is nice enough a...

Apologies again for being so slack but no that we have recovered fully , though stairs and my god there are sooo many stairs are still a killer, we have actually thrown off our sloth and have actually been out and about seeing and doing stuff. So back tracking a bit (oh and sorry for no photos but the internet connections so bad we cant upload as the puter keeps ding, so you will have to wait a little longer for the spectacular views etc till we get to Lima on S...

La Paz airport is somethng else its like a single storey shed, passport control is run by miltary police wth big guns which is a little scary, paricularily when they start going on at you in spanish and you havent a clue. They searched my bag as well, which consisted of opening it, grunting ang walking off??! (Thank god we arent american though they have to pay a fuortune to get into S American countries its lke 100 US a go, the one time its good to be a brit!) ...

Geting out of the airport was pretty much a painless process. There is an info officer who speaks english located in baggage clam, who showed us where to get a transfer bus who dropped us at the door of the hostal which was a major bonus as we were pretty knackered after the flight. Unfortunaly the room wasnt ready til 14.00 so we had to kill an hour playing pool and watchig two and a half men (they love it, its on everwhere???) Andes Hosal great location oppos...

Sorry all, yet again we are somewhat behind with the blog, this time we have a real excuse we have both been stricken down by altitude sickness and have been in bed for three days in La Paz. So back to Auckland - day started off well arriving at airport ready to get back to some civilisation and people! However our tickets to Auckland from Christchurch had been booked via parents / Thomas Cook and they had forgot to book tickets for Steve and I!! After much to...