We were excited to see Sucre looked like a traditional Spanish colonial town and loved its Western style, making us feel more at home! This time our hotel seemed like a Palace and we looked forward to spending three nights in one place. Despite it being so close to the end of the tour we eagerly dressed up for our first night out! The group were amazed to see each other in new clothes as we headed to Joyride Cafe which later turned into a small dancefloor with DJ...

After getting a completely unecessary private coach to Potosi from Uyuni as we had been warned about the so-called "Death Road", we reached Potosi well and truly alive but slightly jolted by the terrible road surface endured for five hours! Arriving at the hotel "Jerusalem" we were gobsmacked that after four basic accomodation days this hotel did not seem like a luxury but rather a dump and we continually justified to the group the real Jerusa...

After the morning travelling by bus to Ururo we caught a train to Uyuni which got colder and colder as the 7 hour journey progressed. We were both astounded at the amount of rubbish on the way but the scenery gradually changed to marshland with the Andes mountains in the distance. Although many hours getting from A to B are typically boring, this particular time we both jumped to attention as the train screeched to a halt smelling of burning rubber after a loud t...

Not much to report from our entire day of travelling from Puno to La Paz, except at the border we had to leave the bus and literally walk between Peru and Bolivia. Ybone, our tour leader, had to pretend she did not know us as border patrol can be very difficult in letting Peruvians into the country. After stopping at Copocabana (not the famous one in the song!) for lunch, we finally arrived late afternoon in La Paz. Our expectations of Bolivia were beautiful sc...

Our faces lit up at the line of tuk-tuks outside the hotel which would transport us to the port where our cultural encounter began. Spending a good ten minutes choosing presents for our host families we settled on rice and pasta - hoping they would decide to make this for our dinner (wishful thinking!) Henry (our uber-enthusiastic tour guide) gave us a run-down of the lake and explained how 60% of the lake belonged to Peru and the other 40% to Bolivia although th...