29th September Feeling a bit sore after the mountain biking we had a quite day. Cable car in the morning to see over the city and market shopping in the afternoon. There was a large protest of minors going on through the city causing huge traffic delays as the didn't officially close any of the roads - apparently this is normal for Bolivia- they like to protest and party! Nicole and I went for a massage- 80bob for an hour (£8) - good masseuse but her crying ch...

28th September Survived death road! We drove 1hour to the top of the mountain and then got kitted out with jackets and trousers and crash helmets. The first 15km was beautiful amongst the mountains on the tarmac road- for me we were going fast! Then we had to stop to pay a tax and back into the vans to drive the next 10km as it was uphill! We then started on 'death road' which was the deadliest road in the world until 2008 with over 250 deaths per year. It was...

27th September Early start and Lara and Claudia were still asleep whilst we were all on the bus = speed packing! Travel day from hell, several buses, long wait at the border and a very suspect 'ferry'. We finally arrived in La Paz, Bolivia, and had our last meal with Edith. She had given us all postcards to pass around the group for everyone to write goodbye wishes to each other, which she then handed out over dinner and spoke some kind words about us all. She h...