Holiday Snaps....

Ballestas Island...

Freezing our bums off on the boat to the Island...

We´ve never seen so many birds in our life!!!

Sea lions chillin´out on a rock...

More sea lions....

Huacachina...

Our team with our buggy - it was such a beast!!!

Cause we can.....

Sunset over the sand dunes.....

Leah bording down the dunes....



Katie bording down the dunes...



One of the buggies going down the dunes... It was SOOOO much fun!

Our "playground"

Huacachina is centred around an Oasis nessled in the sand dunes.

Others.....

Flying over Nazca looking for the ancient Nazca lines - incredible!

Us with our Captain after he safely set us back on solid land!

An open grave at Nazca - the Sand Mummy Tour..... CREEPY!!!

Another creepy dude that died 1000 years ago....

One of the open tombs... seriously creepy!

Probably the only photo that will ever exist of us in a Convent... Note our matching outfits!.. They are our group Tour Shirt.

Flight of the Condor.... they have a wingspan up to 3 metres but I (Leah) was so sick I didn´t care.... 

Long awaited Inca Trail Pics.....

Alessy, Katie, Leah, Simon and Richard... Tired, Dirty but sitting on top of the world!. We made it.

Heres looking at you llama...

Heres one we like to call "Look What I made Mum"!!!

Our first glimpse of Machu Picchu through the fog... Not only a journey but a destination!

The final morning.. Cold and Rainy but almost at Machu Picchu

View of the Andes as we were walking along the track..

More stairs...

Chaski´s..(aka Inca Runners, aka Porters) carrying our gear...

Turn your head and get a glimpse of our view for the 4 days.. uneven stairs that never end!!

Random snaps from La Paz and Peru.....

A family standing out the front of their floating island waiting for tourists...

The Uros Islands - entire villages built on floating reeds!

The view from our homestay island...

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The view from our homestay island...

All of our group and our "mama´s"

All dressed up and ready to dance!  Our "mama" is on the right and her mum on the left.

Our room at the homestay, so much fancier than the rest of the house.  (but check out the height of the door!!!)

Local "limos" came to pick us up from the hotel - we raced all the way to the ferry terminal - and Katie and I won!!! (thanks to the little man behind us peddaling his hardest)

Guinea Pig!!!  No, we didn´t eat it... but a couple of the guys in our group did - Eewwwwww!!!

Valley of the Moons - La Paz

Our new obsession... trying to capture the perfect papparazi shot of Bolivian ladies in top hats!!! (not so sure the trend will take off in Aus.....)

Amazon Adventure.....

Seriously possessed cows weren´t too happy with us during our Anaconda hunt... Had to hide behind a tree to avoid them.

We fished for them.. we swam with them.. and we ATE em.....

Riding down DEATH ROAD - La Paz...

Santiago to Arica...

The sun setting over the mountains La Sarena

The moon from the observatory - La Sarena

Valley of the Time - San Pedro

Standing at the dam wall - Elqui Valley Tour - La Sarena

Down town San Pedro de Aticama

After a bike ride and long climb up a mountain we made it to the top! - San Pedro

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Swimming in the ´thermal lake´ - the water was warm at best and the temp was FREEZING!

Pink flamingos at the Salt flats - San Pedro

Valley of the Death - San Pedro

Climbing through the cave - Valley of the Moon - San Pedro

In the cave - Valley of the moon - San Pedro

Freezing our bums off at the highest Guysers in the world - San Pedro

Walking through the salt flats - San Pedro

Chilling out at the Salt Flats - San Pedro

Our Bon Voyage Drinks...