Day 29: 29/07/12 Last night there were six of us in a dorm- me, Anna n Hannah from new Zealand, Joanne from canada, Janine from switzerland and Volker from Germany. We had fun getting ready for bed in the cold. We could hear people in the next room talking- obviously salt bricks are not good for sound insulation! There was also a baby crying somewhere. I slept okay though. At 5 another group was woken up and made lots of noise so I was awake from then really. We...

Day 28: 28/7/12 We didn't have to get up too early this morning. Had breakfast, went into uyuni to get water and postcards! Then came back to the hotel and watched some Olympics. I shared the room with Anna and Hannah from New Zealand so we watched the cycling and gymnastics together- didn't understand a word of it! Raging I'm missing the games! At 11:30 we left for Uyuni. We stopped at the train cemetery first. That was weird. All the trains that they didn't ...

Day 27: 27/7/12 Woke at 7 for some reason and couldn't go back to sleep! So got up and had breakfast and a shower and was in Potosi square by 9! Went to the casa de la moneda (the royal mint). Potosi was known from making coins from about 1575 to 1951. The first mint was in the square but in the 18th century they had to build a bigger place and thats where I was. Most of the building was still original- wooden floors, wooden ceilings, brick building with courty...

Day 26: 26/7/12 Had to get the bus this morning from Sucre to Potosi. We had a private bus for ourselves so that was grand cos we got a seat to ourselves! The bus was three hours long and we were told that we would stop for a toilet half way. We did stop but it was just on the side of the road, looking over the valley we had just driven up. We were told the toilet was in the bushes! Luckily I didn't need to go!! Got to Potosi by 12 and checked into the hotel. I...

Day 25: 25/7/12 Had a day to myself really in the town. First I went to the Indigenous art museum- 6 main indigenous groups around Sucre- Jalq'as, peanas, tarabucos, ch'utas, katus, llameros. Tinguipaya textiles- people in the Highlands. Weaving by women. Knitting by men. Lots of intricate designs and 2-d shapes representing sun, birds, money, etc Jalq'a textiles- red and black. (our world and the under world) The textiles can be viewed both directions. Lots ...