Now feeling suicidal, we boarded a very kulakish bus at 6am and set off to Tupiza. As soon as we got on the bus, all we could smell was coca leaves. The journey was very interesting. About one hour in we got a flat tire, which was changed promptly. However, the road then seemed to end so we instead drove down an old river bed for about 7 hours. We pulled into a hideous town that was not our destination, where the bus stopped for 2 hours. For absolutely no reason....

We headed off from Potosi and boarded our bus to Uyuni. We had especially selected this bus because it left at 10am, 2 hours earlier than any other bus and so would get us into our destination quicker. Stop reading now if you like stories with happy endings.After about one hour of traveling, our bus stops. On this road that is in the middle of nowhere. Turns out we have run out of oil. Here begins a 2 hour wait while the bus driver hitches a lift back to Pot...

Potosí is a city, the capital of the department of Potosí in Bolivia. It is at an altitude of 4,070 meters and has about 115,000 inhabitants. It is claimed to be the highest city in the world. It lies beneath the Cerro de Potosí ? sometimes referred to as the Cerro Rico ("rich mountain") ? a mountain of silver ore, which has always dominated the city. Cerro de Potosí's peak is 4,824 meters (15,827 feet) above sea level. We arrived in Po...

Potosí is a city, the capital of the department of Potosí in Bolivia. It is at an altitude of 4,070 meters and has about 115,000 inhabitants. It is claimed to be the highest city in the world. It lies beneath the Cerro de Potosí ? sometimes referred to as the Cerro Rico ("rich mountain") ? a mountain of silver ore, which has always dominated the city. Cerro de Potosí's peak is 4,824 meters (15,827 feet) above sea level. We arrived in Po...

We arrived in Sucre after taking a lovely and seemingly luxurious overnight bus from Cochabamba to Sucre.We arrived at our pre-booked hotel but were too early to check in and had to wait around.We walked around town to try and get some breakfast but the streets were deserted as it was Sunday and 8am.This also meant that absolutely nothing was open so we sat in the hotel watching TV in the common room and reading books.We had breakfast at the hotel and then checke...