The bus to La Paz was a normal enough coach. When we were about an hour into the trip, we had to get off the bus, catch a small boat across the lake, and wait for the bus to be…
La Paz
At the Copa, Copacobana… not in Havana but in Bolivia!
Copacobana was easy to get to from Puno – just a direct three hour bus ride. We didn’t have any accommodation booked – the place I wanted to stay in Hotel Las Olas www.hotellasolas.com – a feature in the trusty…
Puno – South Peru and Lake Titikaka
We were both rested and looking forward to the luxury train that takes 10 hours to get to Puno from Cuzco. The Andes Explorer was expensive – really really expensive at US$220 per person. Hubs and I justified it by…
Magical Machu Picchu
We were up ridiculously early and in a taxi to take us to Poroy train station about 25 minutes from Cuzco, to be at the station by 6.15am. The scenic journey to Agua Calientes on the Vistadome train took about…
Cuzco
From Iquotis, we flew via Lima to Cuzco. We checked into our hotel La Augustine El Dorado on Ave De Sol and our room seemed fine. Adequate. Nothing grand, but it had a fridge, TV, heater, safe – everything we…