Immediately upon arrival in the city of Uyuni, we booked ourselves a three-day tour through the Salt Flats and neighboring lagoons ending in San Pedro de Atacama, Chile, and hopped in a 4x4 with four other women- two from South Korea and two from Germany. The first day was spent driving through and exploring the Salt Flats which were absolutely amazing. The flats are technically a lake that is covered by an 8 to 15 meter crust of salt that looks like snow in some...

We crossed the border into Bolivia with no hassles (I love being Canadian) and stopped for a bit in Copacabana, the Bolivian side of Lake Titicaca--aha, I think I found that extra hour-plus, plus. We boarded the next bus and promptly fell asleep. We were awakened about an hour later to be herded in our groggy state like cattle onto a little boat. Completely unaware of what was going on, we followed along, mooing all the way, and watched in shock as our bus was th...