Across another border and another change of currency,not too much trouble at this border either,so far so good.We were met by our guide Pedro,who is very much into ecology and his love of the Pantanal.We drove for a couple of hours and eventually arrived at our lodges,right by a river,built on stilts and hotching with MOZZIES.I had so much sun lotion and mozzie lotion on I was sliding around inside my clothes,it didn´t matter how much I had on the wee monkey...

Landed in Santa Cruz on a beautiful sunny day, the hotel was small but very nice and the owner was just a gentleman,he spoke perfect English,enough to put you to shame.It is a border town with a lot of border activity going on!!!It is Bolivia´s second largest city.The day after we arrived it was dull and the wind got up then the rain came,then the thunder,then the lightning what an afternoon,rainy season came early right enough,I put the telly on and lucky f...

Beautiful Sucre, known as Bolivias White City and so it is,this is the country´s official capital but there are heated debates going on between La Paz and Sucre as to who should take the official title,we encountered a couple of demonstrations during our stay. We had a pleasant two days doing a lot of city sightseeing and as usual eating(I swear I´m going to burst one of these days)We went to the Dinosaur Museum to see the biggest unearthed collection ...

Arrived in Potosi very late,the hotel is very nice.Potosi sits at 4070m so I´m still high,it is the highest city on earth and was declared a UNESCO World Heritage sight in 1987, in recognition of it´s tragic history as a silver mining centre during the time of the Spanish Colonisation. It is still a mining community, mainly zinc.We did a trip into a mine to see the conditions the miners work in,they still use hammer and pick and bring the minerals out ...

We set off with two drivers and a cook,she was lovely her name was Vilma, like Fred Flinstones wife,she said. She shared a car with Alison and I and our new guide,Shirley.We changed guides in La Paz,Shirley is 29 years old and full of life,she is a wee chatterbox and is very adept at including everyone in her conversation. The first night in the salt flats was a cold,cold one, we all shared a dormitory,if it had been any colder we might have all been in the same...