We slept in till 9 am, had breakfast then were going to make our way to a city walking tour. Unfortunately for me an ATM stole my credit card when I was trying to get some cash out and in the process of trying to deal with this we missed the morning tour. I knew from having dealt with banks in the DR and Mexico getting this card back was going to be a big issue and it turned out to be such. I wasted quite a few hours of the day, having to visit two banks and h...

I had a nice long lie in (after four nights sleeping in buses and shacks, my bed was a total luxury) and then packed my stuff up as I was moving hotels. I checked out and said goodbye to the lovely staff at Hotel Rosario and moved next door to Hotel Estrella Andina. I actually did not know when I booked Hotel Rosario that it was right next door to the hotel our tour company (Intrepid/Dragonman) was going to use in La Paz, but it certainly made my move super easy....

So it seems perhaps the altitude has got to me, I woke up in the night with a headache and despite taking numerous aspirin I'm not shaking it. I'm gonna up my water and mata de coca intake today (although I'm not too sure I can drink too much more of this tea without developing a habit :) This evening I'm leaving for a 4 night trip to the Southern part of a Bolivia to visit Uyuni and the spectacular salt flats. So I pack up my bigger backpack which is being stor...

I was up at 6am for an early breakfast before heading to the meet up point (which was at a British Tavern!) for a mountain bike tour, down the "Worlds Most Dangerous Road". This 65km downhill bike ride was one of the things I most wanted to do in Bolivia and after hearing a few horror stories about some fatal accidents, I decided to book with the best operator I could find, Gravity Tours, who assured my safety. My group (12 riders, so nice and small) was bused ...

So the blogs from Bolivia & Peru are all being done via my i phone so they may well be on the shorter side, it's no fun having to tap these out :) I arrived in La Paz (one of the highest cities in the world at around 12,000ft) at 6am after a horrid long layover in Miami (that will teach me for booking the cheapest flight, but I'm also on a travelers budget so needs must). Small, simple airport and easy taxi ride (without getting too ripped off I think) direc...