I had a great sleep and waited on the girls to take their showers. Gabe took a world record 30 minute shower and once Sally and Sophie had been in; I had the cold dregs of the water tank. We all sat in the adjacent Minute Man Pizza restaurant and had pancakes with syrup. It was great and really filling. The guy who owns Minute Man Pizza is from Boston and has been here for 4 years. Why is he living in a depressing, cold little town surrounded by nothing? We...

We woke up around 5am and groggily got our stuff together. We drove along barren roads in the desert, our cooker fell of the roof at one point which caused a panic. However after an hour we reached geothermal vents and a man-made geyser that spews hot vapour into the air at high pressure. Our guide told us after we'd walked around that a man had fallen into the huge volcanic crater and been vapourised. The girls pretended to be zombies and I filmed them sta...

We got up early at 7 and had a breakfast of fruit salad and coffee. Edgar stank out the toilet and so we all decided to go later rather than spend a few minutes in the vicinity of the loo. We drove across a smaller Salar and reached the railway line which links Chile with Bolivia. We messed around on it and took photos. We then drove to an area of land which resembled moon rock. Myself and Gabe ran off into the rocky shrubland when we stopped to help ano...

I got up at 9ish and felt like sh%t! I was so cold I couldn't even face the thought of a shower. I packed all my stuff up and asked the receptionist where the nearest ATM was. During the conversation she asked me if I was going to Salar de Uyuni. Of course I said yes and she then told me she could arrange a trip for me today leaving at 11.30am. I was happy to do it as it meant spending less time in the god forsaken hell hole that is Uyuni. She showed me the ...

I woke up at 5.50am and had another great shower before checking out of the luxurious HI hotel. I ambled down to the bus station and gave my rucksack to the baggage handlers. I then sat around waiting on the bus for 20 minutes, listening to my stomach rumbling (oh oh..never a good sign!). The bus arrived and I sat in my seat breathing in the acrid smell of lemon spray (to hide the horrible smell of the bus). I sat freezing in the bus as we drove through the...