Uyuni is described as "climatically challenged".its absolutely freezing, completely 100% arid, and in the middle of a dusty sandy salt desert that stretches all the way into Chile. we went on a 4 day jeep ride into this desert, with all our clothes on at the same time and still had cold feet. the first part is a desert of salt. its completely white, flat and crystally, and stretches past the horizon, so you can actually make out the curve of the eart...

the bolivians have loads of extremes. highest road, highest lake, coldest hostels, saltiest soup, cheapest everything, smallest grannies.. they also have the worlds most dangerous road. built by paraguayan prisoners of war, it goes from a pass in the bleak freezing altiplano, at 4,900m, where nothing grows and the llamas don´t even breed, all the way down to semitropical lush green river valleys at 1000m where there are hummingbirds and mosquitoes and bananas. ...

Headed through the border across the lovely lake Titicaca, where we visited the birthplace of the sun ( a hot dusty island as you might imagine!) and drank the best hot chocolate we have ever had. we heard there was a fiesta in La Paz so we hopped on a bus that drove across the bleak altiplano past thousands of llamas and tiny women wrapped up in shawls and then dropped into the bowl that is la paz. Its so high up you can´t walk up hills quickly or your hear...