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Titikaka from Puno to La Paz

August 31, 2013 - From the lakeside town of Puno, we travelled along the shore of Lake Titikaka, through some very primitive, but quaint f...

August 24, 2013 - Puno is a real dump with nothing worth photographing apart from squalor. A bitterly cold day with a fascinating visit t...

August 24, 2013 - WE travelled from Cusco to Puno by a classical old train, very slow and very nice. Though some grand countryside and ho...

August 22, 2013 - We are back in Cusco having had four utterly remarkable nights on the Amazon. The hotel or resort we stayed in was magn...

August 18, 2013 - We knocked the "bugger off". Yes we did it. Waychu Picchu is the thimble shaped peak in the background of most photos o...

August 16, 2013 - Finally the journey along the Sacred Valley, brings you high into the hills and up to the land of the gods. Then all of...

August 15, 2013 - From Cusco, Peru, we drove to the Sacred Valley. The entrance way to Machu Picchu and the focal point of the Inca Empire...

August 13, 2013 - Two fascinating days in Cusco. It reminds me of Queenstown as far as tourists go. The only difference is that this haas...

August 11, 2013 - On leaving Colca we visited a small rather prosperous village, then headed back to Arequipa, over the divide at 4800m an...

August 11, 2013 - Atop one of the world's deepest canyons soar these great birds. Ecstasy!

August 10, 2013 - After an extra day in Arequipa spent touring around the suburban and rural areas, we headed to the Colca Canyon on some...

August 07, 2013 - Sitting high on a vast alluvial valley, 3000 m above sea level, higher than Ruapehu, is AREQUIPA. Scarcely a thriving me...

August 07, 2013 - Long flight to Santiago, where we were only in transit, but could not resist the awesome coastal mountains all covered i...

August 03, 2013 - What a great send off. We had the entire family for the big farewell dinner and to celebrate birthdays, with Daphne maki...