Day 2 saw us up pre-dawn for a day packed with sights. The first sight was a flat tyre on our jeep, which turned out to be the first of many problems with it but more of that later. First actual stop was the ghost town of San Antonio. This was a mining town of some 1,200 people that was abandoned a few decades ago when the mines closed. A pretty spooky place especially first thing in the morning. It is now the home of many viscachas, a kind of greenish rabbit wi...

And so began the 4 day 4WD jeep safari of south west Bolivia. I'm going to split this day by day, if nothing else to track the route we took. Don't worry, I won't go into Galapagos detail. After the luxurious night of bus and sofa, we met Simon and Caitlin, our jeep (and room) buddies for the next 4 days. A great couple from Melbourne. And we also met Nancy, our guide. She turned out to be one of the most insane and hilarious people I've ever met. Luckily she so...

Not a lot to say here! This was the day I spent in bed ill whilst Fabrice completed various chores and visited a bit more of Sucre. Photo attached to this entry is in Sucre, not Tupiza. The Tupiza connection is the overnight bus we decided to stick to despite my sickness (oh woe was me!). A thrilling tale of getting on a bus and dozing for several hours before being dropped in the town of Tupiza at 4am and spending another few hours dozing on sofas in a hotel re...

Waking up with a slight headache after the "Welcome to Sucre" beers the night before, the agenda for the day involved dinosaurs. There is a picturesque (ahem) cement quarry just outside the town. Whilst quarrying for whatever it is they quarry for they hit on an unusable seam and stopped. Over time the sheer cliff face they had left was eroded and revealed a huge number of dinosaur footprints preserved in the rock. It is an absolutely amazing sight, the trails o...

Due to the day's delay in leaving La Paz, our stop in Potosi was to be a flying one. At around 4,000m the city claims to be the highest in the world. It also used to be one of the richest thanks to its silver mines and so, surprise surprise, the centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Arriving at 6am we had a quick wander around the centre (very beautiful) and grabbed breakfast. We then did what everyone comes to Potosi for and booked ourselves onto a tour of t...