!¿Feliz Navidad?¡ I'm not sure if I put the ? and ! in the right place but oh well... Well, we're in La Paz. Today is Saturday and we arrived on Wednesday. Its definitely a very different place. Its completely crazy and hectic - when we first arrived I think we were all a bit shocked but have grown to like it. The area we are staying in is the downtown area - the centre of the city but it's not like a normal city. Our street has marke...

Hi everyone! Well I'm in Sucre, which is the official capital of Sucre but all of the government and administration actually happens in La Paz. Its quite a beautiful city, very colonial, white buildings with orange and red tiled roofs. We have 5 nights here, which is nice as on the salt flats we were constantly on the move - and our hotel is amazing! Well.. I guess not compared to normal standards, but compared to what we've had lately. Its a lovely old...

Ok well, I’m in Potosi now but leaving at lunchtime to go to Sucre. But rewind a few days…On Monday we left San Pedro in Chile and began our 4wd crossing of the desert. First we went through border control, which was quite funny experience. Just a ramshackle building in the middle of a desert, a bolivian flag and a tiny room with no phone, computer etc and a toothless bolivian who stamped my passport. We had 3 4wd between 14 of us, 3 drivers an...

Ok well, I’m in Potosi now but leaving at lunchtime to go to Sucre. But rewind a few days…On Monday we left San Pedro in Chile and began our 4wd crossing of the desert. First we went through border control, which was quite funny experience. Just a ramshackle building in the middle of a desert, a bolivian flag and a tiny room with no phone, computer etc and a toothless bolivian who stamped my passport. We had 3 4wd between 14 of us, 3 drivers and a co...

I'm in Bolivia.. home of coca, llamas, bad toilets, short native Andean Indians and lots of dust... well that's the story so far. I'm in Uyuni at the moment but we're only here for an hour or so and we're getting a bus soon to Potosi - where the famous silver mines are. Just a short one to let you know where I am but I'll do a detailed entry about the desert crossing soon! xx