After the fun of Christmas dinner, we all piled into the truck for the drive to Potosi. It was a very subdued trip, with many people not feeling 100%. Some bug has been making its way around. My tummy was a little rumbly but OK. Potosi is the highest city of its size at this elevation, 4060m, but is also famous for a silver mine that was discovered here in 1545, named Cerro Rico (Rich hill). Potasi was at one stage the largest and wealthiest city in Latin America...

Once I signed off last time I had a quiet couple of hours in my room repacking my bags which had somehow managed to spread themselves out over the 3 days and catching up on my old fashioned written diary while watching a cheesy Christmas film. Time to get ready for dinner and Nikki did my hair and makeup before we met up to get a taxi to the restaurant. Now, being in Bolivia I had quite a few doubts about how this dinner would turn out - I wasn't expecting every...

Merry Christmas to all. It is Christmas Day here in La Paz, and surprisingly quite a few shops are open. A group of us went out for a big English breakfast - more a brunch which should see us over until we head out for our Christmas dinner tonight. La Paz is a crazy, bustling city with markets on what seems most sidewalks. It is apparently normally like this, but with Christmas even more markets have been set up and some roads closed to traffic. It is crazy and ...