Al and Dee's Travel Blog

With sore bums and aching spines we jumped off the bus at Uyuni, gateway to the Salar de Uyuni – the world’s largest salt flat. Except we weren’t actually going there yet.

In a move designed to shake the crowds of tourists who visit the Salar daily, we were first to journey south to the dusty [...]

It was about 5am when the drugs kicked in. “The problem is…”, he said pausing theatrically for breath, “…is you two are just too lovely!” The formalities out of the way, he danced off to hail a passing taxi on the Plaza de Armas clapping all the while to a tune only he could hear. [...]

Colca Canyon

Our trip to the world’s second deepest canyon began at the rather unreasonable hour of 2am. Our tourist van raced through the night, negotiating the hairpin mountain bends with more optimisim than was strictly required. The words “blind corner” simply don’t feature in the Peruvian dictionary.

The reason for all the rush was [...]