Columbia

We had a quick stop-over here where we spent the night in the airport and then awoke early to take a quick tour of the city before continuing on our way to Panama. No comment, except.....the sleeping in the airport was not fun.

Peru

Travelling through Peru was great! We did a bit of cycling around Lake Titicaca after venturing out to the world famous floating islands. Did you know that Lake Titicaca drains into Lake PooPoo?......Yes, I found this interesting as well. The lake itself was very scenic and is known for being the highest navigable lake in the world.

After leaving Lake BoobiePooPoo we headed north to Cuzco to get ready for our ascent into Machu Picchu. It was more amazing then we had imagined and recommend it to anyone who has the time. We´re now back in Cuzco getting ready for our flight to Panama City for our final tour of Central America. Once again we have to part with my parents but I think this time it will be easier as we´ll be seeing them, as well as everyone else in just over a month.

Julia ate one of those nasty looking rodents which are supposedly Guinea Pigs. She claimed it was tasty....I had a nibble but no comment.

Bolivia

Bolivia has been great....for the most part. We attempted to cycle into the Andes but after 6 hours of riding, 1500m of climbing, and mass water bombings around every corner we decided to hitch-hike into La Paz. We started to feel threatened, especially after a local driver pulled over and told us it was very dangerous and we shouldn´t stop ANYWHERE! That´s easy to say, but when we're only going 5km/hr we´re already pretty close to a stand still. Luckily an off-duty Policeman picked us up and drove us the 300km into La paz.
















We met my parents a few days ago and have had a super-fantastic time catching up. Surprisingly, we were easily able to talk them into joining us for an adrenaline filled day by cycling down the world´s most dangerous road. At 4700m we negotiated our way down 3600m of the most death defying road we´ve ever been on. We followed a 3m wide rocky-gravel trail with a 500m straight drop for a shoulder. No wonder this route has been labeled "The Death Road". Fortunately we all came out unscathed and I must say that my parents did extremely well. I was unbelieveably impressed that they were able to cycle the entire road and even beat another couple who were closer to our age. Goes to show you´re never too "developed in years", to try new things.