We arrived here on 24th December to the lakeside town of Copacobana to spend Christmas. We were very happy to make it here at all given Jo's nasty bout of illness in Uyuni. She was let out of hospital on the evening of the 22nd and we caught one of the 'luxury' cama buses that night to La Paz, the Bolivian capital. I use the word luxury relative to Bolivia, not luxury compared to the many other buses we've taken in South America. It was a pretty rough ride ...

We left San Pedro de Attacama bound for Bolivia on the 19th December on a 3 day trip on a 4 X 4 vehicle, the highlight being a visit to the Salar de Uyini salt flats. Although we were excited about this trip as we'd heard great things about it we were a tad nervous too. This was due to stories we'd also heard about exhausted drivers falling alseep at the wheel and knackered vehicles blowing up! Any way, here's how we got on..... DAY 1 We made our way ...