I am back in the UK now, luckily not having been caught up by the ash cloud on my flight home! The remains of my trip were very exciting and not as much of a rush as I thought it might be as I managed to fit everything in in the time I had left. Onwards from Potosi I headed to Uyuni to see the salt desert. The tour was great fun, although it ended up being me with a Norwegian guy (who luckily spoke english!) and 2 Bolivian couples both in their 60s or 70s! Fort...

I managed to climb the mountain! It was very exciting and difficult but worth it. It took 2 days with an extra day at the beginning to practise ice skills such as using crampons and ice climbing which was great fun. We weren´t so keen on our guides, they were a bit impatient and expected everyone to know what to do evern though it was moist peoples first time using that type of equipment but everybody managed fine and I helped out when I could! The 2nd day we hi...

I finally managed to escape Colombia (is is so relaxed and fun there in equal measures it is hard to leave!) after a fun 3 or so weeks there and after trouble with my flight booking to La Paz which caused me to fly 2 days later than originally planned. Bogota was great fun but I was pleased to leave and get to Bolivia. Bolivia is brilliant, although very poor (and therefore very very cheap!) is it vibrant and beautiful and the people are all really friendly, I ha...

I am now in Colombia having done a lot since the last blog! Primarily a ´PADI´scuba diving qualification and a trek to the ´ciudad perdida´or lost city which was really interesting. The diving was really fun (I saw eels, puffer fish, sea snakes and obviously loads of tropical fish) and has whet my appetite for more marine adventures which may come in handy for my future career! The trek was great fun and I met a really nice group of people, the trekking itsel...

After a long delay in writing this blog I will attempt to fill in the gaps iof the last 2 weeks as we have been very busy! We are now in Bocas Del Toro in Panama, a previously unplanned detour to the caribbean coast and some little island where travellers go to party! It has been fun but has been raining loads so isn´t as good as it could be as we can´t just go to the beach. We cycled to a cave which was 8km one way of steep hilly gravel track which was tiring ...