My last stop in Bolivia was Copacabana, on the shores of Lake Titicaca. We arrived on the bus at about 7pm and checked into a hostel, before heading out for dinner in another town which exists almost entirely for the tourist trade. The following morning I got up early to catch the 8 am bus to Isla del Sol, the Inca creation site. The boat dropped us off at ten at the north end of the island, and from then it was a four to five hour hike down to the south end to c...

The main issue with Rurrenabaque, in the Bolivan amazon is not whether or not to go, but how to get there. I was perfectly happy to endue the 22 hour bus journey, until a couple of friends in La Paz told me that it was the scariest thing they´d ever done in their lives. With the only other option being a flight, at about 15 times the price of the bus I decided just to go ahead with the cheap option (being assured by my friends that I´d end up flying back!) It t...

After La Paz I decided to head to a volunteer project in a school in a town called Villa Tunari, in the Chapari Jungle region of Bolivia. I caught the night bus out of La Paz at nine pm, arriving in Cochabamba at eight the next morning, and eventually found out where the busses to Villa departed. When I got there I wandered around lost for a little while, then happened on a shared taxi (although the driver conveniently waited until after I´d paid to tell me that...

After La Paz I decided to head to a volunteer project in a school in a town called Villa Tunari, in the Chapari Jungle region of Bolivia. I caught the night bus out of La Paz at nine pm, arriving in Cochabamba at eight the next morning, and eventually found out where the busses to Villa departed. When I got there I wandered around lost for a little while, then happened on a shared taxi (although the driver conveniently waited until after I´d paid to tell me that...

I arrived in La Paz early in the morning, and headed to the hostel (chosen this time because it offered a free pancake breakfast!) After having a much needed shower, after the 20 hour bus journey, I set off into the town. La Paz is a really beautiful city, in parts, although it felt like wherever you wanted to go was uphill from where you were- and the hills here are steep! Anyway, I spent the day wandering around, visiting various churches, markets and the mirad...