The journey south began with a small disaster - Callanan spent the whole bus trip from La Paz to Uyuni getting sick. In between getting sick, he slept. But he was fine by the time the trip rolled about the following day. Uyuni is cold - colder than La Paz, and a couple of layers are needed in bed. The whole southern area of Bolivia is, because of the altitude and the openness of the land. We ended up booking a Spanish speaking tour, because the company was recomm...

The bungee jump was successful, in every way. For starters, the place was open. There were five of us, and we all escaped (largely) unharmed. It was a great buzz, although there is split second where I was thinking "What the hell am I doing?", before you just have to empty your mind and enjoy the free fall. We left that evening for our next country - Bolivia. We arrived in Copacabana and we not all that impressed. We joked that the town was probably run by dogs,...

Population: 9.8 million Area: 1.1 million square km (13 times bigger than Ireland) Currency: Bolivianos (€0.10) Timezone: GMT -5 hours Capital: Sucre (constitutional) & La Paz (administrative) Population of Sucre: 280,000 Population of La Paz: 835,000 Biggest City: Santa Cruz Population of Santa Cruz: 1.4 million