Author Archives: Bear and Jackie

40 minutes in a Tuk Tuk into the middle of the desert and you find…. WTF? A bubbling hot spring! Not a soul here when we arrived. Our Tuk Tuk driver dropped us off and waited for us. Loving Mancora … Continue reading →

Mancora is one of Peru’s top resorts 😀 Think desert meets beach, bung in a few restaurants and hotels. Add a sprinkle of Mad Max and you are here Food here is crazy and awesome. Cheaper to eat out than … Continue reading →

Peru Hopping!!! Spent about a week traveling by bus from Bolivia to our new home in Mancora near the Ecuador border.  Many hours on buses, some awesome places and people, much fun had. Bus gets on a raft to cross … Continue reading →

OMG! This 3 day 2 night adventure blew our minds.  The scenery was spectacular. Time to show you some wacky pictures!! Salt walls on our hotel and coca leaves for brekky! Highly sensible behaviour here, walking through super heated sulphurous … Continue reading →

We crossed the border on foot having been evicted from our bus!! Then boarded another bus which took us to Copacabana a small, lazy beach town, where we stopped for pizza before we headed off for La Paz. We arrived … Continue reading →

Found ourselves in Puno on the way to Bolivia for a few hours so hopped onto a boat to check out the floating islands. I thought that maintaining a pool and sweeping up leaves was hard work! Thankfully the house … Continue reading →

Cusco is an awesome town but it is time to move on. Jumping onto a bus tonight for the long drive to Lake Titicaca then onwards to Bolivia and the Salt Flats of Uyuni. Some photos here of the Witches … Continue reading →

  We had a glorious night in a hotel in Aguas Calientes, where we showered for the first time in five days!! Then met the group for our last dinner!! Early start 03:30am to reach what we had trekked so … Continue reading →

Four days, four nights 100km to cover at altitudes up to 15000 feet. We had 4 days in Cusco to acclimatise to the altitude, just walking up the hill to the hostel at 11000 feet had us both panting in … Continue reading →

ATM experiences in Cusco We love living in a First World Country where $2 ATM withdrawal fees are merely an annoyance when using another bank’s ATM. God forbid being charged a fee overseas at the ATM then another hefty one … Continue reading →