What a nightmare day. We set off at 4:30am this morning and we were supposed to be travelling for the 6 hours back towards Potosi, then a further 9 hours to the next place, so that we could get into Argentina tomorrow. But after about 3 hours our truck broke down so we had to travel at about 20 miles per hour to get to Potosi to try to fix it which took HOURS. The truck cant be fixed until they manage to get the right parts tho so we have to stay here again tonig...

We´re in a small town in Bolivia at the mo called Potosi. Its pretty small but just as busy as everywhere else, and full of market stalls, just like everywhere else! It´s also the highest city in the whole world!The main attraction is a silver mine though, which is where we went today. Nowadays it´s still in use, but they are mostly mining for tin and copper cos all the silver is pretty much gone by now. It was one of the most important areas fo...

We are in La Paz, the capital of Bolivia now. Its huge, and so noisy and busy - not really my kind of place! Apparently loads of tourists get mugged or pickpocketted here so you cant carry much money around with you, or your digital camera, so i{m using a disposable at the mo which is a bit annoying cos i cant put any photos on here! We tried to get inside San Pedro prison ealier, its famous for being really corrupt so we were going to try to bribe the guards to ...