(George) Surviving yet another white-knuckle bus ride, we jumped off the coach in The White City (aka Arequipa). Home to around 900,000 people, the city stands at 2,335m and is the capital of the Arequipa region. Wasting no time in the lacklustre bus station, we quickly hailed a taxi to take us to a beautiful boutique hotel that sported feature walls of awe-inspiring landscapes in each of the rooms (a touch that really struck a chord with our resident interior...

(George)The time had finally come. The country we had both been waiting for since our initial planning, Peru. With my good friend from university, Sis, having completed 3 months of volunteering and work in the country a few years prior to this trip, I had been regaled with stories of the mountains and locals that enraptured the mind. With stunning pictures to accompany her extravagant tales, I remember the feeling of wanderlust and an overwhelming desire to see t...