We arrived in La Paz at 6am Tuesday morning. We went to Wild Rovers hostel where we were staying and left our bags and then crashed out in their tv room as we were so tired and hadnt really slept much! By 9am we were allowed into our dorm and were able to take a much needed shower! After that we went into the city in search of a tour agency to take us to the jungle and also down the world most dangerous road which are the main things that we wanted to do whils...

I have learnt not to plan much on a sunday in South America as everything shuts!! All the shops, alot of cafes, laundrettes etc and also museums. So unfortunately alot was shut in Sucre but we still enjoyed looking around as its a very beautifful city. We looked around the markets and various plazas and parks. We also tried a local dish called "cazuela de mani "which is baiscially a peanut soup which was very nice. In the evening we went out to a res...

We got a train from Villazon (the bolivian border town) to Uyuni where I was meeting Beth and Sarah who travelled down from La Paz. My first train in 3 months! It was quite comfortable actually, and warm despite the freezing temperatures outside. We arrived in Uyuni at 23.50 on Wednesday evening and Beth an Sarah were there to greet me on the platform :-) We checked into a hostel and agreed to go on a salt flat tour the next morning as there is not much to...

Went on a day trip to Humahuaca on Tuesday which is a town 3 hours north of Salta. We left at 7am when the temperature was about -5C! The valley you drive through to get there is beautiful as the mountains are all multicoloured and nicknamed the seven coloured mountians. The colours are due to the different deposits of rock in the ocean before the andes were uplifted. There was also a place called the artists palette which literaklly is bands of colours alon...

I arrived in Salta on Thursday and checked into hostel Terra Oculta. I was very tired after my 20 hour bus ride so I slept for abit and then had a look around the city. The main plaza is called Plaza 9 de Julio and it ios beautiful! It is surrounded by grand buildings and a cathedral and looks very pretty at night when it is all lit up. On Friday I had a look round a museum which is dedicated to the discovery of 3 inca children on the top of a mountain in the ...