Wow. I think that is all that can be said for our first day on the salt flat tour from Tupiza. I will try to elaborate more as it would be a pretty rubbish blog with only one word!!! We started out of Tupiza at 8am this morning with 3 jeeps setting out from our hostel. We already knew all of the people who were going on the same tour which obviously helps as we will be spending the next 4 days with them. We headed out into the mountains surrounding Tupiza ...

Today we have made the journey across the border from Salta in Argentina to Tupiza in Bolivia. As always in South America the journey has been interesting and far from straightforward!! It was an early start as the bus was departing from Salta at 7.15 am. We were up at 5.30am and left the hostel at 6.15am to make it to the bus station with plenty of time to spare. The bus departed on time, which to be fair they have always done in Argentina. After our last j...

Our last couple of days in Salta have been pretty quiet and relaxing. On Sunday we headed to a local market in the morning only to get there and find that it was not yet open. Because of this, we walked around town for a bit in the brilliant weather and went to the supermarket to purchase supplies for lunch and tea. After returning to the hostel, we made lunch, sat on the roof terrace to catch a few rays and spoke to family back at home. Before heading out, an...

After surviving the journey of the ham and cheese sandwiches we managed to find the hostel pretty easily with Gareth and Jared from New Zealand who we had travelled from Mendoza with. As it was still early, around 8.30am we weren't able to check into our room yet so headed into the city centre for a bit of breakfast. After getting into the room at about 11am, we quickly had a shower and headed back out armed with our tourist map to have a look around the city...

Today we are travelling from Mendoza to Salta which is around 1,300km and takes around 18 hours. Previously we have travelled via what is called cama and cama ejuctivo classes. These two classes of travel have basically involved either lying completely flat or reclining to a 45 degree angle and have been very comfortable with hot meals and drinks. Today, due to budget constraints and the fact that it was £30 cheaper each to do so, we are travelling semi-cama. ...