They don’t make it particularly easy for you at the airport. We couldn’t check-in online because there are some procedures that you need to undertake at the airport before being issued with a boarding pass. Suffice to say, the queue at INGALA for our Galapagos transit card was very long, with only a couple of…

Guayaquil is Ecuador’s second largest city and, along with Quito, is one of the access routes to the Galapagos islands and the next big destination on our itinerary. The main purpose of our 2-night stay was to find a last minute cruise (in the nicest sense of the word), which would accommodate us for as…

We arrived in Lima on Wednesday afternoon and headed straight to San Isidro where Lolo’s friend Roxana lives with her family. After her two adorable daughters (Lara and Leonor) had fallen asleep, we enjoyed some refreshing chilcanos (pisco with lemon juice and ginger ale) and an absolutely delicious barbecue, prepared by the expert hand of…

There are many Inca trails which lead to Machu Picchu but the one we opted for is perhaps the most well known and certainly the most popular. So much so that the authorities limit the number of people allowed on the trail at any one time to 2,000. The trek takes 4 days, so that…

Our bus pulled-in at 5am, following Ed’s worst overnight bus journey to date. We were freezing cold and arrived wearing the contents of our small backpack, including the rain ponchos and their covers. Our journey had involved a depressing stopover in Puno bus station, during which all our Copacabana buzz had dissipated. “I’m sorry, your…