So firstly we must apologise for the massive delay since our last blog. We would like to blame Bolivian Internet and a desire to take up a true Argentinian perspective on life which involves a large amount of procrastination. In 14 days here there have been 4 days on national holiday and two weekends to prove our point.  However, we shall start up where we left off in Copacabana.  We made our way down to La Paz on what could only be a typically Bolivian road, ...

The departure from Lima again put national express to shame. Tickets grabbed half an hour before departure we wound our way down the coastline to the small oasis of huacachina. Taxi driver recommendations are sometimes go awry but this proved to be unique. The owner, Chemo, much like Rambo from Ecuador had learnt his English out of a bad episode of east Enders with all colourful language to go with. However through a bit of negotiation a price was agreed for acco...

The lack of blogging can only be attributed to extreme laziness, extreme illness, extreme sun burn. The story begins with extreme sun burn in Mancora, a town that can only be described as Laguna beach meets Bognor in scorching Peruvian sunshine. Surf most definitely was not up however the sun most definitely was. On arrival Toby's geography was only challenged by the 'road' surfaces. This was further complicated by the difference between the point of the beach a...

Hello all, We are now a week down and 3 cities in between. Currently we are spending our Sunday night in Cuenca. So far we seem to have followed national festivals around the country compeltely by accident. We were wlecomed in Quito by President Correa, his hundred strong band, sea of Ecuadorian flags, and some Secret Service esque security. Sadly we soon realised this wasn't quite in honour of our arrival, rather we were standing on a bench at the back of ...