27/6/09 Potosi to Uyuni We travelled to Uyuni via the desolate Bolivian landscape and pretty rough roads. Uyuni is a town on the edge of Salar de Uyuni which is the worlds largest salt flat at 3653m altitude and 12000 meters square. The salt is the remains of Lago Minchin which covered most of Bolivia. We dropped off our laundry and went to the internet cafes to try and do our blog as we were a bit behind. The first three cafes had really slow connections and it...

25/6/09 La Paz to Potosi We left La Paz early to head for Potosi a town centered around the silver mining industry. Phil called the UK to check our onward flights and got ripped off with the hotel phone charges to the tune of US$14 (10 pounds) for 5 whole minutes!!!! Then the taxi taking us to the truck park was double the price it should have been. The driver said that he was charging extra because of our bags....is that not what a taxi is for??? As we are in B...

20/6/09 Cuzco to Bushcamp One We left Cuzco early to start a hopefully long but smooth journey to La Paz. We are unable to travel on the road we came in on as it has road blocks and burnt out bridges. We started well on sealed roads with no problems ...or so we thought. Then the trouble started as we were diverted onto a mountain pass where the main road to Brazil form Peru was being constructed. We were heading for a place called Moldanado and kept following th...

Happy Fathers Day to our Dads - all three of you xxx Congratulations to Sarah and Mark Tibbutt on your wedding. Glad we got to speak to you, looking forward to seeing some pictures xxxx 13/6/09 Cuzco We attended the briefing for the Inca Trail this morning and we were given duffel bags to put our gear in - only allowed 7 kilos so travelling light for a change !!!We are setting off early tomorrow to start the trek so we have a day to get last minute things and...

Hi MIke, good to hear about your erections. Phil is collecting all the sand from his pants for you to use !!!Hi Craig and Leslie thanks for the message how did you know about our jungle antics!! Erin we are still looking for Paddington for you xxxThanks for all our other messages we really appreciate it. 7/6/09 Arequipa Had a lazy morning before going for breakfast in Plaza de Armas. We watched a demonstration in the square which was the country people protesti...