We travelled from Lima to Ica and from there to the nearby desertoasis of Huacachina. This is a little village built around an oasis inthe giant sand dunes near Ica. Its the first real oasis Ive seen andis a very strange site. Its featured on the back of the 50 soles notetoo (see pics for details.) We only spent one night here and the mainpurpose of our visit was to do some sandboarding. We took a sandbuggyout to the biggest dunes, which was like being in a roll...

PotasiAfter a 5 hour bus journey from Uyuni we arrived in the former capitalof the Americas. At one time this town provided the silver thatfuelled the Spanish empire. Now, the Spanish and the Silver are goneand the locals have a tough choice. Live a long life in poverty or ashort but wealthy life as a miner. We only spent one day here andvisited the mine. On the way we bought a bag of gifts for the miners.I dont think I´ve ever bought such a strange present - a ...

UyuniFrom La Paz we travelled overnight (on the coldest bus in the world)to Uyuni, the edge of Salar de Uyuni or the Bolivian Salt Flats. Day 1was spent in the town of Uyuni thawing out. We did visit a traingraveyard while we were there. It mightnt sound impressive but beingsurrounded by old rusty trains is quite weird and worth the visit.Day 2 saw us set off into the desert in a 4 x 4. The landscape here ispretty desolate, dust and rocks everywhere broken up by ...

La Paz, Bolivia,Although not the official capital, La Paz is Bolivias main city. Asyou drive into the city you come down from the mountains,and the viewof the city draped across several moutainsides is something to behold.We definetly knew we were in Bolivia here, very different to Peru andvery obvious we were in a very poor country. The city itself is pretty bustling and what you would expect from a South American city. The first day we just wandered around an...

Rick´s been showing me up and doing all the blogs, so I´d better get my act together and tell you a bit about Sucre :o) Sucre is the official capital of Bolivia, as written in their constitution, but all the power is in La Paz. It´s known as the ´White City´ because all the building in the centre are painted white. It is a really beautiful city and we were delighted to see it after spending the last few days in not so pretty towns! The minute we arrived, th...