Not a lot to report from the last week but thought I´d cover it now as the next week in Brazil looks to be action packed... From Tupiza we caught a bus to Potosi which took about 8 hours. It wasn´t the most comfortable bus, and it had no toilet, but it was fine until they turned the music on full for the last 45 minutes. The problem is in Bolivia, no speakers are good enough to handle full volume, so it was like have a bee stuck in each ear. We were only in...

[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...

It´s now been two weeks since our last post, but it feels like much longer considering all that´we´ve done. After flying from San Jose up to Miami, then back down to Lima, Peru (bad for our carbon footprint but better for our wallets than a direct flight), we had two days in the Peruvian capital. The first day was spent recovering from our overnight flight from Miami (luckily the hotel let us check in at 7am), and exploring a bit of the city. First impressi...

Last time we spoke our tour group was on Utila in the Carribean, due to leave at 6am the next morning. After posting that blog, I learnt that the ferry was damaged and repairs were needed on one of its two propellors. This meant the next days travel was up in the air, with equal possibility of leaving at 6am or not getting off the island at all (or a departure anywhere in between). It meant we still had to get up early and be at the dock with our bags at 6am, ...