Just got back to La Paz from Rurrenabaque which lies 18 hrs of death road north, in a warm tropical lowland jungle region. I'm happy to say we arrived in one piece this morning. You really can see why those roads are so infamous. it was probably the most scary bus journey we'll be making. Our nerves weren't calmed by the driver's selection of DVD entitled "Disaster Movies".We watched the terrible 'Perfect Storm' and then just before falling asleep 'Ali...

Well obviously we both made it. We´re now in Coroico, enjoying the warmth at last. On Tuesday at 7am Lawrence set off to climb Huayna Potosi, which is a 6088m mountain with glacier. I did not fancy it at all, and was very happy to stay in La Paz instead. But I was slightly worried about Lawrence, who had been ill for the last 3 days and had not absorbed any nutrients in this time. We tried to postpone it, but they would not change the date or refund the money s...

Arrived in La Paz a couple of weeks ago, on first impressions it was an amazing city and it keeps getting better. I can't quite put my finger on what it is about the place. It's on the slope of a snow capped mountain, so as you drive in you get the sense that it's all piled on top of itself and looks very calamitous. And I can't seem to take a photo of it, there's just too much happening at once. It's greater than the sum of it's parts. Its like trying to take a ...