HOW WE BECAME STARS OF BOLIVIAN TV !!! After spending the best part of yesterday sitting in an empty tourist office researching our trip through the rest of Bolivia an into Argentina we decided to treat ourselves to a meal at the Radisson Plaza Hotel, where the 15th floor has spectacular views of La Paz by night (the only time it looks half decent). Dinner (with wine) itself was cheap, but when it came to paying the hotel had problems with our cards. There's no ...

Squeezing onto a bus seemingly designed for midgets, and a problem for anyone with a urinary system (no toilets for 9 hours), we set off on our early morning journey to La Paz. Lots and fun and games at Peruvian border control, as they didn't like the fact that our entry stamps were too feint and our dollars weren't crisp enough - we had to pay border tax as we had left our Peru immigration cards on the bus, which had helpfully crossed over into Bolivia without u...