After arriving in Puno on the Peruvian side of Lake Titicaca (the other side to what I had already done) we had to deal with a slightly odd taxi ride with a guy from a hostel crammed in the boot who then at first refused to pay the taxi driver, just because we ha negotiated a free ride if we agreed to stay at the hostel! We finally got sorted with a room and then walked to the port, stopping off at the artesan markets where I finally bought a man bag (it's only ...

We arrived in La Paz early on Thursday morning after our overnight bus and after having to walk half an hour to the hostel because of the Independence Day parades which had brought the city centre to a near standstill, we had a well deserved best breakfast so far at Alexanders, which coincidently I realised Ballard and I had been 4 years ago! We then spent the afternoon wandering round the Witches Market buying little bits and bobs and trying to get the best pri...

With buses out to Sucre fully booked we arranged for a taxi to take us instead (at £4 each for a 2.5 hour journey, it was hardly breaking the bank!) and so we arrived in Sucre (the first deviation from the spreadsheet!) with enough time to head out for a brilliant birthday meal for Staff of mixed fondue followed by chocolate fondue for dessert, at a really nice place in town! All in all, Heath seemed pretty happy that she had had a birthday to remember! Sucre a...

And so we finally arrived in the worlds highest city, Potosi, late on Saturday night after what turned out to be a pretty hellish bus ride. Just walking around was hard work because of the altitude, but we managed to find a place to watch the World Cup final, albeit in a strange little Italian restaurant with the grumpiest, slowest kid waiting on! After collecting my winnings from our mini-sweepstake I finally managed to get to speak to Hutch and that was pretty ...

And so Wednesday was the start of the 4 day trip into the wilderness that is the salt flats of Bolivia, Salar de Uyuni. Although this was my second time of doing it I had been really looking forward to it. We had fallen pretty lucky in that the 4 of us plus Frank and Laura were able to go in one jeep and we managed to get a discount on the price. Whilst some of the trip was familiar to me from last time I had forgotten how unreal some of the scenery was, and al...