Sucre 29th April - 4th MayAfter getting off the bus a bit jaded following the overnight bus journey from Cochabamba, Sucre was a breath of fresh air to say the least. It was easily the best place we´d been in Bolivia so far (other than the Isla Del Sol) and reminded us a lot of Arequipa in Peru. Very Mediterranean looking, white buildings, safe, clean and even other travellers knocking around, my God. This was the first place in Bolivia we weren´t constantly on...

Cochabamba - 26th and 27th AprilWe decided to break with the Gringo Trail slightly and head to Cochabamba from La Paz rather than go straight to Sucre like everyone else which proved to be a bit of a mistake. The place is OK, but not a hell of a lot to do.Bus journey there was 9 hours and was absolutely rammed with locals and no other tourists - we stood out like sore thumbs at the front of the bus. There were definitely more people than seats and one family ...

La Paz - 23rd to 25th AprilNext bus journey was to La Paz which was supposed to take about 6 hours. We arrived a bit later as the sodding bus ran out of petrol about half an hour from the city - I s*** you not. Everyone got off and started flagging down cabs rather than wait for a refill as the driver just ran off to find fuel and his mates just kept telling us he´d be back in ´5 minutes´ despite us waiting for over 20 minutes. We didn´t wait for him to come...

Isla del Sol, Lake Titicaca, Bolivia 22nd - 23rd April So after a begrudged breakfast served at our crap Copacabana hotel (thank you Colonial Hostal) - waiter was the grumpiest yet in South America, we headed down to the port to jump on our boat heading to the Isla del Sol. We opted to go on top of the boat rather than underneath, for a better view, forgetting that it was 2 hours to get there. Fortunately we had more clothes with us than some of the others who...

Puno and Copacabana - 20th and 21st AprilPuno was our last stop in Peru ready for the skip over to Bolivia and unfortunately it wasn´t a pleasant one due to my physical breakdown (thank you though body for not breaking down on the Inca Trail).The bus journey from Cuzco to Puno started OK despite the 8am start after a 4 day trek, but 3 hours into the 7 hour journey my body decided to go into shut down mode and I started feeling absolutely terrible. I managed to h...