We arrived in Tupiza at 9am the next day, after five hours on a train.  Tupiza is famous for being the place where Butch Cassidy and Sundance kid robbed their last train, before hiding out in a barn and being killed in the ensuing shoot-out.Unfortunately South Bolivia is not known for it´s smooth roads, so we discovered when we arrived that to get to the barn and the cemetary where they are supposedly burried (although they have now been exhumed to che...

The bus journey to Uyuni was on a small local bus, which we were told would have a toilet and from the photo´s looked pretty luxurious.  It wasn´t.  We were the only gringos and seemingly the only people who had washed in the last week!  After some coca-chewing locals were thrown out of our seats, we sat down to the 7 hour journey, freezing and on dirt tracks.  The ride was so rough we felt physically sick the whole way, which wasn...

Finally we got to leave La Paz. We left on an overnight bus to Sucre. Allison was ill the whole night before so we made sure we got a bus with a toilet. However when the bus set off some indingenous woman decided to park herself in the aisle next to Allison. She sat on the floor for almost the whole journey and smelt really bad, was a definate soap dodger. Rich tried to get her to move but she seemed like she was pretending she didnt understand. Was very lik...

After our trip to Isla del Sol we took a bus from Copacabana to La Paz. The journey was about 3 hours. After about 1 hour 30 the bus stopped and we all had to get off and cross Lake Titicaca in a boat. The bus was transported on a make shift barge across the lake, but looked very much like it was about to sink (pictured left). All very disturbing, especially as our backpacks were on board! Anyway eventually the bus chugged over and we boarded to complete our...

After seeing a magnificent street parade in Puno celebrating the festival of mother earth, we had spent our last day in Peru. The following morning we left Puno for Copacabana, Bolivia. Only 3 hours later and a surprisingly easy border crossing, we arrived at our destination. We had planned to splash out on the 32 USD honeymoon suite but got totally distracted by the option of a room for 2.75 GBP instead. Well would be rude not to take advantage! The ...