Bolivia > Puerto Quijarro ...and so this is what heaven is like. May I introduce to you a very special place: Puerto Quijarro. Or more correctly: Tamengo Hostel in Puerto Quijarro. We're sat on the Bolivian boarder, overlooking the Pantanal (a massive swamp/lake) that washes up against both here and Brazil, which looks so close I want to reach out and touch it. We arrived here at 9am, very tired, hungry and in need of some down time after our extremely restl...

Bolivia > Puerto Quijarro ...and so this is what heaven is like. May I introduce to you a very special place: Puerto Quijarro. Or more correctly: Tamengo Hostel in Puerto Quijarro. We're sat on the Bolivian boarder, overlooking the Pantanal (a massive swamp/lake) that washes up against both here and Brazil, which looks so close I want to reach out and touch it. We arrived here at 9am, very tired, hungry and in need of some down time after our extremely restl...

Bolivia > Santa Cruz Hey hey! No delays today! Although after being in the air for only 30 minutes, the plane was already preparing to land. Nick and I looked at one another thinking the absolute worse: emergency landing. With our Spanish getting worse by the day (the more individual words you learn, the more sentences Spanish speakers through at you) we didn't know how to ask, "has the plane died?". Maybe slightly over-exaggerating (yes, we feared...

Bolivia > Tarija The bus of death. Wrapped up in layers upon layers of clothes as well as our flattering new hats and gloves, we tried to mentally prepare ourselves for the 10hr over-night bus to Tarija. Difficult, especially when all we´ve heard are nightmare stories about the journey. Combining two main elements of Bolivia: Mountains and no roads, we were soon bombing up and down mountains in what can only be described as an old Army bus. 10hrs with toile...

Bolivia > Tupiza A new day, a new country. The bus from Salta to the boarder of Bolivia; 7.30am and we were sat on the most uncomfortable bus of our journey so far, or so we thought... but as we were in the company of by Lady Gaga, Norah Jones and The Cribs, the 7hrs went by pretty quickly.From La Quiaca bus station we grabbed our bags and another couple (safety in numbers), we walked 10minutes to the boarder crossing. A quick round of paperwork then we were...