After Argentina it was on to Uruguay. We took a ferry from Buenos Aires to Colonia...and for once the description of a ferry lived up to its title. It was like a cross channel ferry, with proper lounges, duty free shop and restaurants. So plenty of comfort in which to sleep as the view was one of cloud and greyness - nothing too exciting.When we arrived and got off the boat the temperature was a bit of a shocker...it was freezing. Everyone was rummaging in their ...

There were times over the last few weeks when I wondered if I would ever make it as far as Buenos Aires, but I am very glad that I did...Despite my crazy taxi driver to La Paz airport and the crazy bus driver from Buenos Aires airport to my hostel (must be a prerequisite of the job, the ability to strike fear into all who travel with them!), I arrived safely if a little tired.And my first positive memory of Buenos Aires will always be being able to take clothes o...

My enforced early return to La Paz meant that I had more time than I expected back there...so how to fill the days..? Well why not risk life and limb moutain biking down the most dangerous road in the world - great idea...and for once it actually was!The day we had chosen could have been better, as true to form there was yet another demonstration in Bolivia, this time about an election, which meant that the roads were yet again going to be blocked. But as it was ...

After a good nights sleep I was refreshed and ready for the six hour bus ride to Potosi...or so I thought. Little did I realise what lay ahead, and had I known I think I would probably have just stayed in bed!We arrived at the bus stop to discover that our mode of transport was nothing more than a "hoppa" bus, this tiny caravan on wheels, the kind of bus that at home is used only to ferry people around the local village or from the train station to the ...

So after a less than hospitable welcome to Bolivia, we set off for Uyuni and the salt flats with a renewed spirit. We had left behind our tour leader and acquired a new one (yet to be assessed), although admitedly he was not the tour leader we were supposed to have as he was apparently stuck somewhere in Peru...or Bolivia...or Argentina...who knows where, but it wasn?t with us. So in stepped our surrogate leader to help us through the next few days and then we we...