Hi again!Well, it's been a busy few weeks in Bolivia, but this newest blog will finally bring us completely up to date!WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE After a week or so settling into La Paz, we decided it was time to see something new - the jungle! So, after a little deliberation on whether to take a 12 - 20 hour bus ride or a 40 minute flight to Bolivia's portion of the Amazon Basin, we quickly decided on the flight! We took a taxi to the high suburb of El Alto (means th...

Hi Guys, GET YOUR LLAMA FETUS! Well it's been awhile but we have been super busy here in Bolivia! After we last blogged we headed to La Paz- capital of Bolivia. Here we checked into the most 70s hotel in the world (4 different types of lino on the wall in our room, tree wall paper in the halls, piped music into the rooms - but very comfortable!) and started out exploring the city. On our first day we checked out Saganarga street - commonly referred to as Gring...

Hi Again Folks! The Devil's Miner So after our crazy 3 days in Uyuni, we headed to Potosi- 7 hours on a bumpy bus to the highest city in the world at 4060 metres above sea level! Just in case you need a little too much information I am dealing pretty well with the altitude but Ryan's been sick occasionally and had heaps of nosebleeds! The body reacts strangely to being this high! The story of Potosi is that in the 1550s a huge amount of silver was found in th...

Well, it's been quite some time since we posted our last blog, and we have been up to quite a lot since then. We are currently taking some down time from traveling, in one of the wealthiest cities of Bolivia, Sucre. But prior to this, we have been exploring the country's south, and some of the poorer but more traditional parts of Bolivia.Last time we left you, we were saying our sad goodbyes to Argentina, after almost 3 months of traveling in and out of the coun...