Copacabana, a peaceful little town on the Bolivian shores of Lago Titicaca. Not when we were there! Festival of the Virgen of Copacabana, thousands of Peruvian pilgrims invade to make the pilgrimage up to the Virgen on the hill on the northern edge of town. Mental. A cross between a music festival and the slums of Calcutta. We entered in to the spirit wholeheartedly as we paraded around the square with the elaborately skirted women and bemasked men to the be...

We enjoyed our luxurious first class flight back to La Paz, especially the roast beef salad! We managed to book our preferred jungle lodge for our trip in a few days time thanks to a cancellation. So we decided to celebrate with a trip to Vivians, La Paz`s infamous nightclub, once and once only! To avoid the 18hr coach trip into the jungle, obviously we booked a flight. It was the smallest plane either of us had ever been on and the turbulance going up over the...

We managed to get ourselves on the first bus out of Potosi at 4.30pm which arrived into Sucre 8.30pm on Friday. We dumped our bags and immediately headed for a celebratory beer at Joy Ride (Probably the best bar in town - no solo es para Gringos!) with Alva, Live, Catherine and Martin. Jona thought it was a wise idea to get the tequillas in and as is the way with tequilla we found ourselves in a club a few hours later. Jona's ability to speak Spanish was increasi...

We came to leave Uyuni to head down to Potosi the morning after we got back from our tour. Heard some rumours that there may be a road block or two as the miners were on strike, but figured that as the bus was going and a load of locals were on it, it would be fine. About 5 hours into the journey we come to a halt at a road block. Loads of other buses and cars there so not too worried. Then the miners decide a little indimidation was in order and started sett...

We came to leave Uyuni to head down to Potosi the morning after we got back from our tour. Heard some rumours that there may be a road block or two as the miners were on strike, but figured that as the bus was going and a load of locals were on it, it would be fine. About 5 hours into the journey we come to a halt at a road block. Loads of other buses and cars there so not too worried. Then the miners decide a little indimidation was in order and started sett...