We visit La Isla del Sol on Lake Titicaca, walk another Inca Trail to accidentally celebrate the Fiesta of the Virgin Mary in Coroico, then catch the now-defunct ‘Ferrobus’ across the desert Altiplano to the far north coast of Chile. Good times!

Written, read and recorded by James Whiley.

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Big thanks and love to my family and friends for their support.

All ‘We’re Only Here Once’ music written by James Whiley and performed by James Whiley and the Nomads, who are:

Anton Harris – drums; Lindsay Jenkins – bass; Quentin Cooper – mandolin; Tama Taita – lead guitar; Josh Kronfeld and Midge Marsden – harmonica; Ainslie Laverty – keyboards; John Thomasson – flute, trombone and scat singing; Nic Leedon – lead and rhythm guitars; Tony Stephens – saxophone; Nigel Jenkins – recording engineer; James Whiley – songs, singing, rhythm and lead guitars.

This episode’s theme-tune, ‘Bright Fire’, was written in a chicken pen halfway along the Choro Inca Trail. John Thomasson (aka Carbonlifer) from Vermont in the USofA, takes us there on the flute.

Check out John’s album (‘Carbonlifer: Digital Analog Heart and Soul’) at Carbonlifer