Well upon finally arriving in La Paz given the slight delay from Lisa and her drip!! The city is amazing with houses clinging to the mountainside in every direction you look, it's ubelievable that they can stay there. We headed to Olivers English Pub for dinner - what more could I want than toad in the hole - was absolutely quality!!! Could order in full speed English accent and all no probs!! Shame we won't still be here for the world cup final on sat. After ...

It's my birthday!!! Woke up to an exciting door knock which was beautiful flowers and a massive cake being delivered to the hotel room from Lisa and Tom! Was very exciting! Especially when we bit into the cake for breakfast and discovered instead of cream the filling was Dulche de Leche - my favourite South American treat - a kind of caramel sickly sweet goo!! After breakfast we headed into the main Plaza which has a beautifu square and is surrounded by specta...

After our near death driving experience we arrived safely in Potossi ready to head down some mines and blow up some dynamite. After a day of sorting stuff out and discovering there really is no where you can eat during Siesta we got picked up for our trip. Firstly we headed to the kitting out place and were dressed in incredibly sexy baggy bright yellow trousers and jacket, not to forget the hard hat. Looking the part we headed to the miners market to buy gift...

Firstly we had to hop on a bus at 5.30am! Not happy especially when we nearly missed our bus as had forgotten to pay for the room and had to cruise around looking for a cash point in the taxi first - ops! Anyhow we made it onto the bus - not that was the best thing - coach wasn´t quite what we had become accustomed to! Crowded and a distinct lack of personal space!! Only major event was Lisa´s panic as she woke up to the bus pulling away from a stop...