[NOTE: I´ve now posted the rest of the Salar and horse-riding pics, for those who were waiting with baited breath] We left La Paz with our camera in working order, new shoes on my feet and recharged batteries after four days of relative calm. We first took the bus south three hours to Oruro, where the train lines begin, then caught the train (funny that) for another seven hours to get to Uyuni. The views outside the train were always interesting, lots of moun...

Hello from Bolivia, the tenth country we have visited so far this year! First, to fill you in on the end of our tour in Peru: From Puno we took a very, very slow boat, first to the Uros reed islands. There are about 40 of these islands, each home to four to six families. The islands are basically manmade rafts made of reeds, anchored to the bottom of Lake Titicaca. Seems a bit of a hoo-hah tfor a place to live, but it´s facinating. Then we putted along for...