The alarm went off a little after 4am. I’m not a morning person, so normally waking up at this time wouldn’t have pleased me. However, waking up early to climb up one of the greatest landmarks in the world, was somehow much easier than waking up for work!  Climbing the Steps We walked the 5…

The Hike Commences! It was another early wake up the next day as we had an 8 hour hike ahead of us, from Santa Maria to Santa Teresa. After a substantial breakfast we set off from our hostel. Fortunately I was able to weight bear on my left leg, it felt a bit sore and…

We’d booked our tour to Machu Picchu months before our trip, through UK based STA travel (http://www.statravel.co.uk), who link in with Peruvian tour operator Reserv Travel. Trips to Machu Picchu need to be booked well in advance of your travel, due to the limitations on the daily numbers of tourists allowed on the ancient site….

I was excited about Peru, not just because of the impeding trip to Machu Picchu, but also for the food. Travellers we had met going in the opposite direction, had said how good the food was there. We arrived in Cusco around 5pm having planned for two nights here. We had the luxury of a…

The Bolivia Hop on Bus:  We decided to travel by bus from La Paz to Peru, where we were heading to for our hike up Machu Picchu. We had four days before our trip commenced, so thought it would be a good opportunity to see some of the countryside.  The main road linking La Paz…

Our Journey via Paraguay:  Bolivia was probably the country that had intrigued the most prior to our trip, as it for me it was the lesser known.  After our stay near Iguazu Falls in Brazil, we had planned to cross over the nearby boarder into Paraguay, so that we could fly out of here up…

Our trip to the Amazon was definitely the one that I was the most excited about. After watching so many documentaries from being a child, to actually visit it was an amazing opportunity. Our Journey there:  Considering our tight timescale, well in comparison to fellow travellers we met who were away for months, we opted to…

The first leg of our South America trip was Brazil. It was the first time either myself or my travelling companion Abi had visited South America, so we were excited as you could imagine.  Rio De Janerio:  Casablanca 3: Our Rio Home: We arrived at the beautiful, rustic Casablanca 3, the day after our arrival…

One of the many things that struck me about Malawi, “the warm heart of Africa”, was just how popular football is. The smallest of villages we travelled through, had a “football pitch”. Numerous pitches we saw were on very steep mud slopes, which would had made for very interesting, one way halves!     We delivered…