Copacabana, not only is it a beach in Rio De Janeiro but it is a lakeside resort on the banks of Lake Titicaca. To get there we took yet another ´tourist´ bus, once again sold under the guise of security. This time unlike the other bus there was no toilet and somewhat ricketty old bus. The common theme would be the lunatic driver, taking us there at breakneck speeds. This could prove interesting - a 3hr journey with various passengers suffering from Bolivia Be...

Upon our arrival in Uyuni we weren´t to stay too long as we had a night bus organised direct to La Paz. Just enough time to sample some of the local grub and weak beer. We jumped on the once again named ´tourist´ bus foolishly thinking that this would be any different and that our lives would somehow be safer on this form of transport. The only difference these buses have from the others is that they do not stop to pick up locals, hence preventing kidnappings...

Early rise of 6am for us to to all meet at the office in San Pedro. Our group was already pretty much decided for the jeep. There was to be 1 German lad named Marcus, 2 Austrians called Gerhart andKristin , Reet, Me and an English girl called Sian. We all went together on a mini bus to the Bolivian border where we were designated our own driver and jeep. We packed up all our belongings on to the jeep and were set for the off. Firstly we had to pass teh Bolivian ...