The Waiting GameI stayed in my room watching netflix until my growling stomach forced me out. I found a Mexican restaurant - I'm DESPERATE for flavour - and read my book. A Canadian couple came in and I started chatting to them. From Ottawa Susan - don't ask me where abouts. They'd just got engaged and told me all about it. I cried. What IS the matter with me??I then walked back, stepping over and swerving round all the stray dogs and avoiding eye contact w...

From £4 to £24 accommodation I am leaving Copacabana today. I'm very sad. Yesterday I was very emotional. I cried when I read about the flooding in Cumbria, I cried when the waitress saw a huge tip on the adjacent table, made a little squeak of delight, then kissed and blessed it. I cried when a local woman and her 3 year old son came in (to the same cafe/bar - I was there for hours) begging for money and the wee boy took some of a neighbours chips. I als...

Paragliding!!Up at 6. Collected at 630 by Micha, who I will be attached to, and Richard the driver. I quickly found out that Micha has owned the company for 6 years and has others working for him. He is very experienced with thousands of flights under his belt. Phew. For as long as I can remember, whenever I have seen paragliders in the air I have been fascinated and almost driven off the road a few times straining to keep my eyes on them. And now it's MY t...

Overnight Bus Uyuni to La PazI praise myself on being organised enough to book a bus which left at 8pm last night (although I had to be there 45 mins prior to check in and have dinner allegedly), 2 and a half hours after the tour ended. During that time I would have time to change, freshen up and do more researching. Perfect. Or so I thought.Half way through the tour it became apparent that we would see the sunset. Great I thought. I wasn't expecting that. ...

The Cholita Wrestling I got to La Paz bus station around 6am. I needed the loo as soon as I got off the bus. I frantically searched around the bus station and eventually found one. You need to pay for the privilege of using the toilets here in South America. A wee lady sits outside spending her time splitting a roll of toilet paper up into "manageable" amounts of sheets. She then gives you one of the mounds after taking your money. Then I found an internet ...