4th October Travel day to Uyuni. Quite morning exploring further around town, everywhere was still shut but I managed to buy a bottle of coke served in a plastic bag! Then a long bus ride to Uyuni, where we arrived at sunset and then we went out for pizza (no cheese on my pizza), and to the only bar in town where they had lots of challengers to do and interesting glasses. The town used to depend on the custom from the train station with trains passing from the...

3rd October After breakfast Lara and I went to the mint museum where we saw a big collection of Bolivian art from the colonial period, plus the development of the coins and machines throughout the colonial period. Starting with handmade mis-shaped coins to giant wooden cogs turned by mules then electrical machines. The silver came from the local mines and they were only given permission to make gold coins by the Spanish leader in the late 1800's***. The mint pr...