Leaving Sucre and 3000m behind also leaves just about bareable roads and facilities behind. Public buses and jeeps have been our transport for the last week or so as we headed off in to the remotest part of our trip. Our first stop was Potosi (which they claim is the worlds highest city at 4060m) it´s a mining town and pretty much the main reason the Spainish wanted Bolivia as it´s where vast amounts of Silver came from. A few of our group got really...

So I left it when we were about to embark on our border crossing from Brazil to Bolivia. All we can say is what a difference 100m of road can make we went from tarmac, concrete buildings, decent cars and an almost western country to a dusty, corrupt, shack like Bolivia! Their imigration office consisted of a small room with stale food, an old typewritter and papers just falling out of broken cupboards. Illigal money changers hanging around the streets and the ro...

Well I can't remember where I left off...but I think it was with snorleling in Bonito. The rio da Prata is one of the best fresh water snorkeling in the world apparently and I must say that having now done it I can believe it as Ive'never seen water so clear and fish so unafraid. its way out in to the 'bush' with only the odd road but most is done by truck you then have to walk for 40 mins trhough the forest, it was spectacular. It also has fresh water springs bu...

Sorry guys - a partial attempt at uploading pics! will try again tomorrow to add info and sort them out. got to dash. xxxxxxxxxx

Hi everyone, Well we´ve been on our Southern Cross tour for just over a week now, we´re in a group of 14 with our guide Paula (who´s a funny tiny Peruivan lady who loves everything jungle, samba and eco; who talks to birds alot and can´t handle her alcohol as we found out the other night! like everything in small packages shes a little loco.) We´ve done a couple of overnight buses so far so some days we´ve been trying to stretch...