hello all! So the time has come to say our goodbyes to Bolivia and to the children we felt were our own for the past two and a bit weeks! Both of which will not be forgotten in a hurry! Sucre was a delightful little city filled with dinosaurs and protestors armed with dynamite...really it was! Having endured two weeks of 4 hours a day spanish classes, without mentioning homework, we are ready for a break and an opportunity to put some of what we learnt into prac...

hola again! currently in Sucre, the capital of Bolivia, and the first pretty city we've seen for a while! :) plannin to stay here for two weeks and be productive - its been a while! working in an orpanage every morning, with the cutest kids in the world, 45 of them form 0-5 years of age! Matt and i are looking after the younger ones, age1-2..playing a lot, feeding them, changing nappies (yuk!), giving bottles and putting them to bed! is quite hard work but so mu...

Hi all! we've just arrived in Potosi, Bolivia, the "highest city in the world" at 4800mt above sea level - and its definately quite an effort to breath up here let alone take a mountain bike tour to some very high vantage points which we're plannin to do this afternoon :) have spent the last few days on a 4x4 tour round Bolivia with three of our friends and 2 not so friendly germans, to the salt flats, volcanoes, geysers, lagoons and the most amazin h...

guys, just a really quick blog entry to say thanks for all the wall messages you're leaving - we LOVE THEM! please keep them up - makes us feel lots closer to home :) love from us xx

Hola! como estas? First blog entry from Bolivia! were sad to leave Peru but onwards and upwards! had a great, though rather disorganised, trip to the islands of Lake Titikaka this week, as you can see from the pics. boat broke down and left us stranded for a good few hours the first day, but the time we did spend on the island was brill. got to stay overnight on one of the island with a host family, who looked after us and fed us full! :) yesterday we crossed ...