Hello Buenos Aries- Welcome to Argentina The flight was about 1,027 kilometres and 2 hours 30 minutes. Upon landing, at around 20:00 (Argentina is an hour ahead of Bolivia), we got through immigration quickly and only waited a few minutes for our luggage. The airport had a taxi desk in the arrivals hall, so we were able to […]
Santa Cruz Next stop Santa Cruz – We had chosen to visit Santa Cruz as it was geographically on our route and more importantly it is at low altitude. Santa Cruz is not high on the back packers destinations and before we arrived we had heard mixed views. The main opinion is that it is […]
Oh Shit This is a very complex subject when travelling. First if you are using a public bathroom you have to work out the male or female toilets. Having attended Spanish lessons we learnt the words for men and women. Hombre y Mujera’s but of course nothing is that simple sometimes they will be called […]
Sunday 11th Nov – Back in La Paz We returned to La Paz for a few more days. We had purposely booked a different area to stay to allow us to visit other sites and see the city from another angle. Our accommodation was a small hotel in Spoocachi area called “The Maison de Bolivie”. It turned […]
Day 39- 42 – Pampas Jungle trip We had booked a 3 day / 2 night Pampas Jungle trip. There are 2 types of trips available in Bolivia Jungles, standard Jungle trip and Pampas (river) based trips. We chose the later as there was more promise of seeing animals by the river and the conditions […]
La Paz – The de facto capital of Bolivia La Paz is not the official capital of Bolivia, this is actually Sucra but it is the home to the President and the Government and is the cultural capital of Bolivia. La Paz is the highest altitude administration capital in the world. It is is built in […]
Peru / Bolivia Hop – Crossing the border Part 1 – Puno – Copacobana Leaving Peru we were headed to Bolivia. We had heard many stories about crossing the boarders by land so decided to take advantage of a great bus service called Peru/Boliva Hop which provided a comfortable bus and assistance in crossing […]
Journey to Puno – Inka Express Another early start, 6,30am taxi, this time one when I was not feeling well. We booked the Inka Express to travel from Cusco to Puno. This was a journey of 10 hours with some tourist stops along the way . We had decided to use this bus rather than […]
photos to be added when wifi is better Machu Picchu is the highlight for anyone visiting Peru. We have all heard of it but only when you visit do you truly appreciate what it is and how spectacular it is. We have booked to go up Macchu Picchu on 2 separate days incase of bad […]
Cusco – (pronounced as Cosco) – more than a starting point for Machu Picchu Photos to be added We landed in Cusco mid afternoon after a flight in the clouds over the Andes mountains. The pilots need to be very skilled to land here and honestly it is best not to look out of the […]