Uyuni

After an emotional goodbye in Sucre, we headed for Uyuni and just our luck, three crying screaming children sat behind us for 9 hours!!!! We arrived in Uyuni early evening to find out they had no electricity due to a power cut, so with no lights to see hotel rooms we picked one near the main plaza and headed out for dinner which was by candle light. We soon found out that the cash machine was out of order which meant we could not afford to pay for the tour the next day. It was so cold that we had to snuggle up fully dressed (hoodies included) under 5 blankets and were still freezing!

Luckily the next morning the ATM was working so we were able to book our salt flats tour and leave that day. The views were amazing at the salt flats and you could see nothing but white against the blue sky for miles in every direction. We took some funny pics before having lunch at the salt hotel, and then visited the salt factory as well as a small village that sold items made from salt. It was an amazing experience and a day we will never forget. After the tour we had dinner with our tour group and caught an overnight bus to La Paz.

La Paz

After a very bumpy journey we arrived bright and early in La Paz, so early in fact nothing was open and we had to wait for restaurants to open to chill in until the hotels opened! After getting cleaned up we headed out to explore the city, trying to find the witches market but failing. We then went on an open top bus tour to see the city and learnt all about the history of Bolivia and La Paz. The bus stopped at Valle De Luna (Moon Valley) and we walked around there for a bit. That night we had an Indian that had been recommended and the food was gorgeous!(just like back home) We turned in nice and early as the next morning we were heading to copacobana.

Copacobana

We arrived in Copacobana around lunch time and quickly fell in love with the quaint little holiday town, situated at the south end of Lake Titicaca (the world's largest high altitude lake). With cobbled streets shops everywhere and rows and rows of restaurants, the town looked so inviting. Antonio found us a lovely hotel called Las Olas, up in the hillside overlooking the lake. Our room was amazing, including two double beds, one single, two hammocks, kitchen, view of the lake and a wood fire. Think Swiss family Robinson, come in to a bit of money! We decided to stay four days as we liked it so much and spent our days relaxing in the garden in the hammocks. On the Saturday Janine and her friend Zara arrived and we all booked a tour for the next day to the isle de la sol, one of many islands of people on the lake.

Unfortunately there were and still are many protests in Peru regarding a mine that may damage the lake and as a result all the borders have been barricaded meaning we could not leave here when we wanted to. Instead we had to wait an extra 2 days and pay for a boat that took ten hours as opposed to a bus that took three! We didn´t mind as long as we got to peru safe and sound. :)