Confusion reigned supreme at the Sucre bus station. Our bus to Uyuni was scheduled for a late night departure so we could get a restful sleep overnight on it... but the station was like a 3-ring circus! They were lowering luggage over a balcony down via a rope with a hook, narrowly missing the heads of their customers walking around below. People and dogs were whizzing around and buses pulled in and out without any discernible clue of their destination. But we ...

So a new country and having no knowledge of Bolivia, I had no expectations whatsoever, which is probably why I loved it. Yes it's got the same unfinished housing, dusty streets and stray dogs as Peru but it just has a nicer feel to it and it's so cheap (I think Darren is rubbing off on me!). I think our first stop of Copacabana helped too. It's set on Lake Titicaca and unlike Puno it's pleasant to walk around and has a definite holiday vibe to it. Unfortunately...