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April 8th, 2012 | Peru

The Biker Brotherhood…

Just as I was leaving Nazca, I received an email from Adrian and his wife Diana, who were stuck in Puno…

His rear tyre had punctured so badly, that he was unable to repair it… He was arranging for a truck to take them and their bike to Arequipa, where he hoped to get his […]

April 3rd, 2012 | Peru

More Cuzco…

It was a good thing I canceled my half day tour, as it poured with rain for most of the morning… Cuzco was cold and dreary, so I stayed in my room, writing the posts on my exit from Bolivia and arrival in Cuzco…

During the previous day’s tour, I bumped into Adrian Alarcon and […]

April 1st, 2012 | Peru

Machu Picchu….!!

Tintin in "Prisoners of the Sun"…

I first came into contact with the word “Inca” when I was about 12 years old… I had collected all of the “Tintin” books and in “Prisoners of the Sun” the intrepid journalist found himself high in the Andes and about to be burnt at the stake […]

March 30th, 2012 | Peru

Juliaca to Cuzco…

I was unable to get the early strat that I had hoped for, because the local cell phone provider where I had spent an hour the previous evening trying to get the Peruvian sim card to work, had asked that I come back this morning to get it sorted…

The Le Merced church […]

March 29th, 2012 | Bolivia

Out of Bolivia and into Peru…

By the time I had left La Paz, I figured that the remainder of the day would be straightforward… I had dealt with the traffic and the petrol “crisis”, so how much more excitement could there be ahead…??

At this point I was about halfway to the border, and things were going quite […]

March 28th, 2012 | Bolivia

Days in La (s)Paz….

The traffic from the day before, the cold weather; coupled with the flu I was battling, did not make for a pleasant entry into La Paz…

"I'm not taking up that much space, officer…!! I don't see why I have to move…!!"

The cold weather and high altitude, as well as daily rain […]