On the Wednesday morning as we left La Paz, both Karl and Zoe were slightly feeling the effects of the splendid Bolivian cuisine, but decided to grim and bear the 3 hour bus journey (wow, what a doddle!) to Copacabana, on the shore of Lake Titicaca. Given the way we were feeling, we decided to "splurge" and treat ourselves to a really nice hotel room overlooking the lake, complete with hammocks and all! Given that a splurge in Bolivia still only means about 4 q...

Well being up at altitude seems to mean that I have to be in the wars! More of that as we go along though. We arrived in La Paz early Saturday morning, and I for one was feeling seriously narky due to a distinct lack of sleep - all I wanted was a hot shower and a bed to curl up in. La Paz is the worlds highest capital, set in the middle of a huge canyon at 3660m above sea level, and so walking downhill is fine, but walking uphill is an absolute nightmare due t...

What an action packed few days it has been since we arrived in Bolivia! After getting the bus to La Quiaca at the Argentinean side of the boarder, we had to wait on the Bolivian side for immigration to open since Bolivia is in a different time zone, which they did so at a very leisurely pace. As we started walking through the streets of Villazon, we could immediately feel the effects of the altitude as we got out of breath really quickly and had a tingling sens...