We woke up to heavy rain and we could hardly see the mountains while we ate breakfast on the terrace. This wasn't a good outlook for our tour up into the mountains. We pulled out the merino thermals, rain jackets and wooly gloves just in case. A very nice and spacious van picked us up and our guide for the day, Diego, told us that there was only going to be four of us. A couple had pulled out saying it was too cold and wet even though they knew there was no ref...

Breakfast at Hotel Milan is served on their roof terrace overlooking the plaza and church next door and the mountains in the distance. It was a pretty disappointing breakfast though - powdered coffee, juice and one scrambled egg with a piece of bread. Enough to get us going but definitely not enough to see us through until dinner. Down in the plaza, a huge crowd of men surrounded a jeep. What initially looked a bit hostile, turned out to be men trying to be pic...

It was an early start again, 6 o'clock in the morning, and we were on the street looking for a taxi to take us to the bus station. Choice was pretty limited at this time of the morning so we had to take a gamble on an unofficial one. We agreed the fare upfront and were taken on a route we didn't expect, and at high speed, but luckily it was just an over enthusiastic driver wanting to deliver us to the station as quickly as possible. It was an 8 hour ride thr...