We rolled into Arequipa at 8am after what we all unanimously agreed was the worst overnight bus of the trip so far due to lack of sleep.  We dropped our bags at the hotel before heading out to explore the city. One of the first things we got shown was the ATM with no withdrawal…

We all had breakfast at the hotel before getting on private bus at 11:30. 30 minutes later arrived at a pisco brewing place where we ordered lunch and then went to see the pisco farms and how they make it. The place had rows and rows of plants where they grow all of their ingredients…

The day started with breakfast at 8:30am before we got ready to leave. We were supposed to head off at 10am, however due to us forgetting that preparing food and drinks for 14 people and then splitting the check 12 ways takes a while, we ended up being a little late.  After a quick 20-minute…

We arrived at around 9:45am, and after travelling it was so nice to finally be somewhere we could just relax a little. The first thing on the agenda was brunch at a little café, which was exactly what we needed after the journey. After that, we spent some time wandering around town and getting our…

Our overnight bus was mainly smooth sailing due to the lack of a boarder crossing (which pleased many of us).  We started with a 10am brunch. The portions and type of food pleased everyone as it looked more like a dinner than breakfast and everyone was starving. It was then followed by a Peruvian shot,…

Our adventure officially started with an overnight bus at 9pm. I tried to get some sleep, but it wasn’t the most restful night knowing we had border control in the middle of it. We arrived at border control at around 2:20am, and the staff decided to take their sweet time (at one point we were…

Our bus arrived at 8:50am after being delayed 50 minutes however we still got to the hotel around 6pm. We weren’t able to do much on the bus due to it being a public bus and it only doing minimal bathroom stops.  We went to dinner around 7pm where we watched the Ecuador World Cup…

We left the hotel at 8am under the impression that we would be arriving at the hotel at 4:30pm but did not until 6pm. We started on a public bus for about an hour and a half (which is a little chaotic in and of itself).  We then transferred to a private bus where we…

The second offical day of the tour was spent with 6 hours of travelling to Tena, were we were doing a homestay in the Amazon. We finally got there at 2pm (after leaving at 8am) where we had lunch, quickly put our bags away and then proceeded for this nature walk. During this walk, we…

When I first got to the hotel, we were told we had to pay $10USD each to get into our rooms, but after I paid they let us both in, Millie (the other tour member) on an IOU. We put our stuff away and then went out to look at some of the shops (most…