For anyone considering visiting La Paz, may I make one suggestion. You fly in and explore the city from a downtown hotel. La Paz is not a city to go anywhere near with a car! As Dennis told you yesterday, it is an absolute nightmare of heavy traffic, van taxis…
A day of contrasts The howling wind died down during the night and was calm by the morning. It’s a beautiful location overlooking the lake, with islands not far offshore. However, while cooking breakfast it started to drizzle. The clocks went forward an hour, at the border yesterday. The journey to…
Leaving Puno After breakfast and collecting 5 bags of washing and asking the hotel to move the car that was parked in front of us in the garage, we set off. Poki started pretty easily this morning. Getting out of Puno proved easier than getting in. Once out of town…
A rest day. I hate doing it, but I took a sleeping pill last night. It worked..:) Jen decided yesterday that we should visit some of the islands off Puno, and booked a tour. So, after a modest breakfast in the hotel, we headed off the the port by taxi.…
Lake Las Salinas Very peaceful. We saw no one after we arrived yesterday afternoon. Alone with the vicuñas and 100’s of flamingos. The lake is severely depleted of water and surrounded by salt flats. The water and the flamingos were a long way away. Dennis was awake early. In fact…
Mercedes Hotel What a delightful hotel. I’m picking it was built in the very early 1900’s. Furnished in the era, makes it more authentic and attractive. The young receptionist was very helpful too but I suspect, working under a tyrant. There was one other group at breakfast this morning, a…
Colca Canyon Today didn’t work out quite to plan. We were up early at 06.30. Tourist buses arrive around 07.30, so we wanted to up before they arrived. Our deserted camping spot, soon became a hive of visitors. Everyone lining up at a viewing point over the canyon, waiting for…
Firstly, it’s cold, as it was last night. I didn’t get to check the thermometer, but I’m guessing it was around 4deg. It’s now 8.30am and while porridge is cooking, I thought I would try and describe the beauty that greeted me when I opened the flap on the Caranex…
Leaving San Pedro It was a beautiful sunny day. A pleasant surprise after the storm and heavy rain yesterday evening, and into the night. For the first half and hour or so we were driving through a wide, level valley. Intensive cultivation. Maize and all sorts of vegetables. Soon we…
What a day, yesterday. Despite the exhausting procedure to visit the ruin’s, the ruins themselves are stunning. The labour that must have gone into shaping and installing some of the massive stone, defies comprehension. Given the tools of the day. This morning by 5.30am there were spots of rain heard…