Tuesday 15 October - Friday 18 October San Pedro de Atacama, Chile San Pedro is a charming little town in the middle of the driest desert in the world - we were here to go stargazing, as with so little moisture in the air, it makes this THE best place in the world to view the stars. Our first day was spent having a good wash after the Salt Flats, as we hadn't had an opportunity to shower for three days and then meeting up with our mates from the jeep for pizz...

Saturday 12 October - Tuesday 15 October Uyuni Salt Flats, Bolivia Another 'must do' on the Gringo Trail and probably the main reason to go to Bolivia. From La Paz down to Uyuni took us about 11 hrs overnight arriving at 6am. There is a lot of talk around about the road being really bad and while it's not the greatest it wasn't as rough as we'd expected. Maybe 5hrs of bumpy dirt road in the early hours of the morning, but nothing too hectic. Tours from Uyu...

Sunday 6 October - Friday 11 October The Amazon, Rurrenabaque, Bolivia We left cold La Paz behind us as we flew over the vast green Amazon forest to Rurrenabaque 400kms away where we would set off on on a jungle and pampas adventure. The flight only took half an hour, and was a far better option than the long and dangerous 18 hr bus ride. We had done some research on the different tour groups offering the Amazon trips and all were definitely not equal, so w...

Friday 4 October - Saturday 5 October La Paz and the World's Most Dangerous Road, Bolivia The journey from Copacabana involves a fairly sketchy looking ferry system which transports vehicles of all sizes including buses and trucks across a section of Lake Titicaca by means of old wooden barges. Safe to say though that passengers must get off the bus and have to take another passenger boat to meet up with the bus on the other side. Any problems? Nah! Been do...

Monday 30 September - Thursday 3 October Lake Titicaca, Peru & Bolivia Our night bus made good time and arrived early in Puno around 4am, which meant we had to wait in the cold bus station until sunrise before our 'free' shuttle came to fetch us from the Lucky Your House hostel. Upon arrival we were made to pay five Soles for the 'free' shuttle and when we didn't have anything smaller than a tenner, the driver made off with all of it before we knew what...