So next we embarked on a 3 day, 2 night tour of the Bolivian salt flats, the salar de Uyuni. which for us started at san pedro de atacama in chile and would take us up and over the border to uyuni in bolivia which stands 3800m above sea level. We did the tour in old 4 by 4 jeeps, 6 of us in the jeep who we would come to get to know very well over the next few days. We crossed the border early in the morning and our first glimpse of Bolivia where the rather run do...

We headed back across the andes to the desert, passing the seven coloured mountain and getting more spectacular views of the andes. We arrived at the border only to find out that the customs were on strike so we had to wait for an hour to get our bags checked before we decided to walk the last few hundred metres to the town rather than wait for everyone else to be checked. We checked into a hostel and bumped into Trisha in the town. We decided to try and cram in ...

We arrived in salta on the saturday before easter sunday and decided to actually try and do something over the next few days before we finally left argentina and headed closer to bolivia. So after a night out on saturday we decided to try white water rafting and horse riding over the next few days. On sunday we took it easy having a bit of a wander and trying to book some tours. We finally settled on half a days horse riding the next day and rafting on wednesday...

So i arrived in Mendoza, the wine capital of Argentina, not very well at all. We had made a reservation at a hostel, but we got there and really werent impressed so tried to find another one. We had been given a flyer at the bus station so headed there and at that point i really didnt care where we stayed as long as i got a bed. I spent the next two nights being very sick and feeling sorry for myself but managing to make it back to the bus station to book tickets...

People seemed quite negative about santiago so we werent quite sure what to expect! We had a lot of recommendations for the Dominica hostel which was new and meant to be really good so we made our way there. We got there quite early but we were allowed to help ourselves to breakfast and use the internet before we checked in. There wasnt a massive amount of things to do in santiago but it was quite a relaxed town and an ok place to kill a few days. First things f...