We drove from Uyuni, again all on unsurfaced roads, nearly having our teeth shook out of our heads. We stopped at Villamar simply because the distance was too far to go in one day to San Pedro de Atacama in Chile. We stayed in basic dormitory accomodation and got up at an unearthly hour the next day (4.30am!) to continue the journey and get to Chile through the desert in the light. The next day didn´t exactly go to plan. We had a local guide to direct us throug...

After an 11 hour drive from La Paz to Potosi we were pleased to get to a resturant until we saw the menu. There was a poor English translation (it meant more to read the spanish!) and some of the things on offer were:´Dad´s cream and sausage` and 'Steak of bad beast with attacked vegetables`! One thing we noticed in Bolivia is that many people drive about without lights on at night and we found out that they do it because they think it saves petrol!! Potosi i...

The boarder crossing into Bolivia was easy compared to crossing from Ecuador into Peru, they didn´t even ask for a bribe like they sometimes do! Our first stop was in Copacabana where we visited the Isla del Sol on Lake Titicaca on what must be the slowest boat in the whole wide world, you really had to stare hard out of the window so see if you were really moving. There were more Inca ruins to visit which to be honest seem a bit tame once you´ve been to Machu ...