Time to leave Cusco and Peru behind and head towards the wonder that is Lake Titicaca, which is described by one website as “definitely an unforgettable experience for any visitor.” I think we’ll judge that ourselves! Learning from previous mistakes involving completely booked buses we head down early in the morning to Cusco bus station with intention to book ourselves…
Category: Peru
How to take your sheep on a bus
The bus leaving Cobanaconde is delayed a few minutes while a local lady calmly enquires the ticket price for her beloved sheep. It seems the driver isn’t too keen on having her sheep roam the aisles with the other animals already on board and so they begin packing the bemused sheep into a hessian sack. The poor animal did’t appear…
The Condors – The Condors!!
Getting up before sunrise is always difficult to do but once the hard part is done the experience is usually rewarded – even if that is simply to relieve your bladder and slip back into a pre-warmed bed. Even more so when you catch a rickety local bus in the pre dawn darkness along the roads at the edge of…
Colca Canyon – The trek of slow death
We left Cobanaconde by 9am, early by our standards but apparently not early enough according the merciless Peruvian sun (second only in power to Queensland – true fact!). Just outside of town we found the start of the trail down into the canyon and began our descent. We could see a few towns dotting the hillsides on the opposite side…
