(NB. Photo not Potosi!!) In the afternoon on 15th May I got the bus to Potosi. It took 5 hours and I arrived just before it got dark. At an altitude of 4070m it was colder and whilst walking to dinner at a local restaurant with some people from my hostel I could feel myself getting out of breath even just walking on the flat. At dinner I cut my finger on a chair, caught between the leg and the seat - hate the sight of blood and was worried about how deep it may...

On Sat 12th as planned I crossed the border in to Bolivia- 6th country of the trip! I travelled with an Austrian couple, Marion and Daniel, who had also been waiting for the blockades to be over. I think it was about 4 hours to the border town then a short taxi ride to the border. You do both Argentinian and Bolivian immigration before walking across the bridge to Villazon, the Bolivian border town. As soon as I crossed the border and walked up the first road I ...