southern Peru and north Bolivia

after Machu Picchu i headed to Arequipa w/ my friend Marsha. while in Arequipa i also saw the ice princess at a local museum. a frozen mummy of an Incan sacrifice. unfortunately no photos allowed.

blue bees... get it?

love this joke on little kids dressed up as superheroes. they will always, always correct you as though they think you are really stupid. funny stuff.

hostel in Arequipa.

in the central plaza w/ Dom, Marsha, Lucy and Niamh.

on the coldest ever bus to lake Titicaca. Lucy, Mayread, Niamh and I froze on this. so cold we could only laugh and shiver.

in one of the floating islands on lake Titicaca.

Niamh and I playing w/ local girl, Melanie. that is Chelsey in the background on left. more on her later. hadn't met her yet.

floating islands.

reed boat we all went on between two of the islands.

some more floating.

Puno plaza. we were on a tv camera here.

Copacabana, Bolivia.

street parade and dancing at night in Copacabana. we had the worst dinner service ever there. as two of us get our meal and then wait... and wait... and wait. finally asking waitress about other two meals and she tells us that the cooks had gone home. what the fark?

didn't even tell us that at first. made us waste nearly an hour waiting for meals that never came.

day parade in Copacabana.

Isla de Sol kids.

Isal de Sol. went there w/ Lucy, Mayread and Niamh.

little super-cute girl who came up to talk to us.

rainbow off land viewed from Isla del Sol.

in a square in La Paz.

llama foetus' at the witch's market in La Paz.

Chelsey and Michelle after having met them properly in hostel in La Paz. went for a tour of city and lunch. this is near Witche's Market.

Chelsey at a zebra crossing. seriously.

Chelsey and I at Loki hostel. both to afraid to make a move so far. more to come on that.

Loki hostel, La Paz. great looking bar in the hostel. and a fun, fun, fun hostel.