La Paz Part 1. At the bus station we had been put on different seats and Brent and Iris had been split up. We should let them sit together I said, so we swapped tickets. In doing so I had ensured that I was the only one sharing with a stranger. The bus started to fill up and the seat next to me stayed vacant. Get in! I thought as the departure time drew near. Then at the last minute a man in his thirties turned up with his mum and sat down beside me. ...

We arrived at the bus station and just double checked if any buses were running that day but they were not. As the others were checking I went off to buy empanadas which I had taken a liking to. They were a great snack and cheap as chips. I saw a sweet looking old woman on the streetside, so as usual she got my sympathy vote and I ordered three chicken and three meat in my best Spanish and handed her a fiver equivalent. She was so old and sweet I had not b...

So we all jumped on the bus and headed to Potosi where we then needed to change bus to Sucre. Simple. As we got on the outskirts the bus suddenly shot off the main road and started going down a dirt road. A dirt road too bumpy and rough for a big coach to handle, but he kept on going as we banged all over the place. Clearly we are being taken to a place to get mugged I thought. There was no other explanation. Then when we got to the end of the road he tur...

I had paid a little extra to go with a specific company for the tour as everyone said they were much better and well worth it, so was a little disappointed to get put in a landcruiser that was probably older than me. Sods law the others in the group were all really tall, (even the girls), so I had to volunteer to go in the back where the seats were slightly higher so there is less headroom. There were Six of us all together, two couples from Holland, Rick...

I could not get a direct bus to San Pedro, so had to go to the next nearest town of Calama first. The journey was around 20 hours and as I stared out the window I could not believe that there is just mile upon mile of nothing, just rock. They should build stuff here, there is tons of space, plus I reckon the land would be cheap I thought as I devised my get rich scheme for getting back. Wonder why no one else has thought of it.... The bus made loads of s...