Well I've survived an action packed 1.5 days here in San Pedro de Atacama. Chile is much more expensive than Bolivia (where you could get a nice meal for 2 pounds) and is about about 3/4 western prices, so doing 3 activities here has cost me a small fortune. The currency is also annoying me - its practically 1,000 Chilean pesos per pound, so we're constantly using huge denominations, and nobody in any shops ever has any change! The first activity I opted for was...

Well another tour highlight down and it didn´t disappoint. Our 4 by 4 tour of the Salar de Uyuni and Bolivian desert this morning came to an end as they dropped us off at an isolated Bolivian migration control point high up in the mountains. Bolivia and Chile don´t get along and as such the Bolivian vehicles were not allowed to enter Chile, so we had to wait 1.5 hours in the freezing wind for a private bus to pick us up and escort us 1600m and 47km down to the ...

Hello from what will be my last blog update for 4-5 days. In a couple of days we set off on a 3 day 4 by 4 tour of the world's largest salt flats and the world's driest desert, and they'll certainly be no internet there! We've also been told it will get really really cold at night, but the Salar de Uyuni is one of the things I've most been looking forward to the whole trip. At the moment I'm in Potosi, which at 13,500ft (4100m) is the highest city in the world o...

Good evening from Bolivia´s constitutional capital - the white city of Sucre. This is my 3rd day in this city (pretty much the longest we´ve had anywhere) and I´ve got to say there isn´t an awful lot to do here. The city centre is very small. We had a wander through the nice white streets on day 1, but aside from going to the textile museum we did pretty much everything there and then! I´m looking forward to departing at 12pm tomorrow to the city of Potosi, ...

If you think Britain is swine flu obsessed, think again. I´m currently typing on a keyboard wrapped in clingfilm to stop the spread of the disease over here in Bolivia, where about one third of barmen and waiters wear face masks. It really is crazy and at times very annoying. I´m now in Bolivia´s 4th largest city, Cochabamba, which is home to South America´s largest Christ the Redeemer statue, which I´ll be visiting later by cable car. There isn´t much els...