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Thoughts and musings on a dying art form. Throughout our time in Peru, it has become apparent that most establishments are beholden to “Big Panpipe”, and insist on playing what feels like the exact same album of about 10 cover songs over and over. This, as you can imagine, can get quite wearing… even to… Read more

18-19.08.24 Cusco to Puno The journey from Peru to Bolivia has felt, in some ways, something of a whistle stop tour. We left our freezing rib cage in Cusco at about 6am to go and get our 7 hour bus to Puno. Although an uncivilised hour, the bus we were on was fairly plush and… Read more

14-18.08.24 Or Cuzco, or Qusqu, or Qosqo, the latter of which a mayor tried to make official in the early 1990s and no one adhered to. However you spell it, and there is no official way, this is where we are for the next 3-4 days. However before that, allow me to carry on immediately… Read more

13.08.24 In the same way that when you know you have an early flight you sleep terribly, we both slept terribly before our early wake up for Machu Picchu. I was already fully awake at 4am and gave up and got up at 4:20am… then sat about after I had got dressed faffing. We didn’t… Read more

10-12/08/24 We landed in Cusco without a hitch and went out in search of our Uber, which randomly did a lap. Think it’s also semi legal here so they couldn’t loiter at the airport. The driver’s son was with him… probably about 11 years old and he was so cute. Explained the seatbelts were broken,… Read more

7-10/08/24 NB. I’ve started dating my entries for my own sanity as I’m already forgetting where we went when! Also WiFi has been patchy of late and it’s been difficult to upload images to the posts. Aaaanyway… After a pretty uncomfortable, but thankfully shortish flight, we landed in Lima, Peru. We had a similarly well-organised… Read more

Well we made it to the bus station and onto a bus! Alex had his first meal in, like, three days. Bus number 1 took us to Pereira where a more local bus would take us on to Filandia. The first bus was surprisingly comfortable and we had top front seats which was great! Having… Read more

You may be wondering why I’ve gone quiet over the last few days. “Aaah already given up on the blog?” No, not yet anyway. “Run off into the jungle to be at one with the plants and animals?” Give it time. “Joined a cartel?” Not for lack of trying. “Having too much fun to write?”… Read more

This is just a short one… but those of you who know me know that I love a whinge about unhinged behaviour on public transport. If you enjoy my rants about such things, you’re in for a treat. On our flight from Cartagena to Medellín, Alex and I weren’t sitting together as was budget airline… Read more

Well! Immediately after landing in the tropical heat, our first impressions were not exactly favourable. If anyone is planning a trip to Cartagena, keep your wits about you at the taxi rank! Sure, there is an “authorised” taxi rank and a ticket machine where you key in your location and it gives you a ticket… Read more