After enjoying the tranquility of the mountains around Sorata, our arrival in Bolivia's capital city was a shock to the system. La Paz was bustling with activity - hordes of people, cars and buses filled the narrow streets and we had to fight our way through the crowds to find a decent hostel. Each hostel we arrived at was either charging a fortune for a room or was a complete dive. After spending an hour walking the busy streets (with our heavy backpacks) we ...

Our journey to Sorata turned out to be the worst journey of the trip so far. Sorata is a remote village and getting there involved three phases. Phase one was a regular bus, which went without any issues. Phase two was a ferry across Lake Titicaca, which again was problem free. But things began to go wrong as we moved into phase three - the "micro" bus. A bit like a shared taxi, the "micro" bus is usually a beaten up old mini bus in which the driver picks a ...

Today we entered our fourth country - Bolivia. It's the poorest country on our tour of South America and as we crossed the border there was certainly a greater feeling of poverty. The roads had more pot holes, the cars were more beaten up and the houses were more ram-shackled. The small town of Copacabana was our first stop and to our amazement the town was having a fiesta. It does seem like every-time we arrive in a new town it's party time! On this occasio...