Our first taste of Bolivia was La Paz, the commercial capital of Bolivia and where el Presidente lives and works. Due to that fact, our first full day there had the backing soundtrack of random blasts of fireworks. Not the pretty “ooh, aah” kind either, just the annoying-sounds-like-gunfire kind. Protests…
South America
a taste of home on the fronterra
/ 13/06/2013Circling around the south west of Lake Titicaca to the frontier town of Kasani the bus drivers delighted us by bringing a slice of Brisbane culture to this rainy, frosty, hailing, corner of rural Peru. Yes people, Savage Garden’s Greatest Hits are blaring from the bus stereo. And of course…
living the local life on Lago Titicaca
/ 12/06/2013Lake Titicaca is monstrous, high, shared by Peru and Bolivia and our base for three days. The city of Puno lies on her shores and we spent an afternoon slowly climbing to the Condor statue, high above the city at the end of 500 steps. Just what one feels like…
a marathon in four days…getting my Inca Trail on to Machu Picchu
/ 12/06/2013Unless you’ve been under a hypnotist’s spell, compelling you to not know anything about Peru, you’ll have heard of a little jaunt tourists like to tick off their bucket list called the Inca Trail which leads – eventually – to the Inca city Machu Picchu. Having had this item on…
capitals and capitalism
/ 10/06/2013Historic Incan capital Cusco is a bustling city full of cobblestone streets with perilously skinny footpaths, Incan flags on every light post which look suspiciously-exactly-the-same-as-gay-pride-flags, random fireworks at odd times both day and night just to keep you on your toes, colourful processions of defense forces, traditional dancing and brass…