After I left the internet cafe last time, we stopped by the hotel and found out that we would be getting a public bus again the next day as Ewan wanted to stay in town and wait for a spare part just in case and he would catch up with us again. That night, I bought a beautiful alpaca poncho that is so soft and so cheap. Had a nice dinner again before curling up in the lovely cold hotel. So the bus was meant to pick us up at 7am. 8.30am it finally turned up and we...

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 ...

We are back in Puno, after spending 1.5 days out on Lake Titicaca. It was a nice change and just what I needed after my time in Cuzco, although the first night was anything but fun. I was in a triple with Callie and Aiofe in the hotel and we went to sleep fine. However, a little later we were woken by a lady screaming in the street. We thought she was being attacked, so Callie and I jumped out of bed to look out the window, to find her being restrained by the pol...