I feel a bit bad taking the piss a bit with this post - especially as this tour was actually free. But on the actual tour, it actually became clear that our actual guide, who was new and actually probably a bit nervous, said actually every other word - and I'm not actually joking. Seriously,...
by
Luke
on
Jul 31, 2011 • I've taken on some pretty mammoth journeys since being in South America - mostly by bus. I've clocked 38 hours straight in Argentina and been on some pretty ropey old carriages in Bolivia, but nothing has come close to how awful the 20 hours I spent with the expensive Tepsa company travelling from Cusco to...
by
Luke
on
Jul 30, 2011 • Cusco is a real touristy town being that it's the closest significant city to Machu Picchu. With this in mind I was expecting to have to pay more and that with so many places to chose from that we might end up somewhere less than great. Well we lucked out with Pirwa Posada del Corregidor...
by
Luke
on
Jul 29, 2011 • Arriving in Cusco after a long, smelly bus ride from Copacabana I was blown away by how grand the city was. It's much more impressive than I'd imagined, with ancient imposing churches and official buildings seemingly on every corner. It's proximity to the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu means that the Cusco's own rich history...
by
Luke
on
Jul 24, 2011 • With a heavy heart and a tear in my eye, I turned and gave Bolivia a final wave on my way through the arch that marks the border between it and Peru. Well something like that anyway. I was actually kind of ready to move on in many ways and very excited to be heading...
by
Luke
on
Jul 24, 2011 • Lake Titicaca is apparently the 'highest commercially navigable lake in the world', as well as stealing the prize for the largest lake in South America (based on water volume at least... thanks for that Wikipedia). As it also lies between Bolivia and Peru and more to the point La Paz and Machu Picchu - it...
by
Luke
on
Jul 23, 2011 • DJ'ing was somewhere between a hobby and a profession for me before I left the UK - I was semi-pro to borrow a term from football. In the last few years I'd backed away from it a little, only really playing for some of the bigger promoters I had long established relationships with. In the...
by
Luke
on
Jul 22, 2011 • The 'Death Road' is perhaps the most famous bit of adventure tourism in Bolivia. Even before arriving in South America I'd heard all about the 'world's most dangerous road' and the mountain biking tours that you can take down it. In the last 6 months I don't think I've met anyone who's passed through La...
by
Luke
on
Jul 18, 2011 • The schedule for the afternoon of the second day in Las Pampas was "swimming with dolphins" - and this was the activity so many of us where really looking forward to before we'd arrived. It's one of those magical, life affirming, activities that charities fly kids with terminal illnesses to Florida to take part in....
by
Luke
on
Jul 18, 2011 • Posted from Beni, Bolivia. Day two of Fluvial Tours Pampas excursion started with a short boat ride down stream to the marsh land that acts as home to the legendary anaconda snake. Having seen the (pretty shit) film ‘Anaconda’, I was inclined to expect something close to the 40ft computerised monster which stars in that...
by
Luke
on
Jul 18, 2011 • The thing that everybody tells you before you arrive in Las Pampas is how many animals you'll see, but as much warning as you're given, it's still a shock when you're confronted with such a huge volume and diversity of species. Coming from fairly central London, I'm not that familiar with anything other than pigeons,...
by
Luke
on
Jul 18, 2011 • During the three hour boat ride to our riverside lodgings, we'd all been blown away by the amount of wildlife surrounding us - especially the cayman alligators lurking on every bank. There were literally hundreds of them; green ones, black ones, small ones and massive man eating ones - either lying sinisterly motionless on the...
I actually did the actual walking tour in actual Lima. Actually.
Aug 8, 2011
Possibly the worst bus ride ever with Tepsa from Cusco to Lima…
Jul 31, 2011
Pirwa Hostel – Cusco, Peru
Jul 30, 2011
Machu Picchu on the cheap… another wonder off the list
Jul 29, 2011
Cusco – the amazing city everyone forgets to mention…
Jul 29, 2011