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...

After an 17 (bonus when it's supposed to be 18!) hour bus journey of fun - Spanish bingo didn't really entertain me that much - we arrived in Salta. It's a massive town / city but really beautiful with flowers everywhere and lots of old but nice architecture. After finding some food we headed into the local museum where the Inca Mummies are found. These are 3 children that were discovered in 1999, they are perfectly preserved as they were trapped in dry ice - ...

Well we all survived the 19 hour bus ride which was a bonus. Suprisingly it really wasn't that traumatic an experience - reclienable leather seats and the downstairs of the bus to ourselves felt more like a business class flight than a rickerty South American bus journey - think I'll get something alot more like that in Bolivia though! Having arrived rather tired despite the luxury of the bus we weren't so keen on the lack of private bathroom in the hostel (I...