Having arrived in Tupiza at 4 o'clock in the morning and wondered around for about 20 minutes because we were lost we eventually managed to find our hotel. Yes we splashed out and paid for a hotel with a swimming pool! Although the choice in this town was limited anyway and the price was very reasonable. We checked in and crashed out until the morning where we awoke to a really sunny, hot day. We decided to get a few chores done (washing, banking, shopping,...

After leaving Potosi we had a 5 hour bus journey to Uyuni where we would start our tour of the world's largest Salt Flat (aka Salar de Uyuni in Spanish). 5 hours is nothing in a country this size and we are all well used to longer journeys so we weren't too worried about the type of bus we got. Good job really as it wasn't the best, but then Bolivian buses never are! A guy we had got talking to in the Koala Den Hostel in Potosi was also on our bus although w...

We arrived in Potosi having already booked our accommodation at the Koala Den. It was only a five hour journey to get to there from Sucre and it was a day bus. We had our tour in the afternoon so after checking in we made our way to the town centre. We grabbed some lunch and then decided to locate the tour operator where we had to meet to start our tour. It happened to be right next door to where we had our lunch! Brilliant job done, the tour didn't start till...

Adam, Charlene, Stuart and I caught a night bus to Sucre from La Paz. It arrived at about 7.30am so we didn't bother booking accommodation ahead. We caught a taxi to the central square (known as the Plaza de Armas in Peru and the Plaza de Mayo in Bolivia) and Charlene and I dumped the other 2 with the rucksacks whilst we went in search of somewhere decent to stay. The Lonely Planet warned us that Sucre is full of very nice but expensive hostels and hotels so...

Our initial plan had been to visit the Amazon in Peru…however, that trip is VERY expensive and we were never quite sure how we would afford it! Then, whilst travelling through Peru we met a number of people who were travelling up through South America and had already travelled through Bolivia. Through those people we established that there are several jungle trips available in that country to rival those of Peru and they are very much cheaper…no contest! ...