So we arrived at a pretty similar hotel to Potosi. Come to think of it, i think this was when i had a headache, not in Potosi. But i was fine by that evening and we went out for Christophes birthday to the Extreme Fun Bar. Which was extreme fun because nearly everyone bought Chirstophe a shot. Im pretty sure he had at least 6. And they all have funny names like Coca Leaves are not Cocaine shots and the 7 Deadly Llamas. Theres a lot of emphasis on Llamas in Bolivia. Just about everything is called Llama.

The next day I got woken up pretty early by the procession outside. Its an absolutely tiny town and they have a big band procession every morning. It was pretty funny.

The restaurant in the hotel at Uyuni was amazing. The night I had had a great pizza and for breakfast i had egg on toast and jam and fresh orange juice and real tea. Hotels are a blessing after a long month! After breakfast we packed overnight bags and headed off for Salar de Uyuni which are the Salt Flats - what Uyuni is famous for.

Our guide Robert Llama (im pretty sure this was not his real name) spoke incredibly fast broken english with a funny accent and was apparantly famous in Chile for being the only Bolivian tour guide. I didnt get his autograph unfortunately but i got a few good snaps on the salt flats.

Because everything is white and the sky is blue you can take perspective shots and really have fun. I had loaned out a mini godzilla for the hotel so as hard as getting the shots were theyre pretty good.

We also visited a hotel made entirely of salt - that was pretty cool.

We went Fish island which is basically a big mound of cacti. its called fish because its in the shape of a fish and its called and island because its surrounded by salt flats making it look like an island. Being in altitude i have noticed my heart beats twice as fast constantly. its really scary actually! and you get out of breath really easily. It was really difficult to climb up the island to the views at the top and i felt pretty ill coming down. I made it to the bottom to help nat take some more perspective shots but really felt pretty bad.

I ended up making a lovely mark on the flats when i threw up loads. And theres like no animals so i know it will be there til next wet season. I was quite pleased. We stopped to take photos of the sunset aswell but when i got out of my truck i ended up throwing up again. And after sitting down for a bit - again. By this point i was obviously feeling pretty rough so the medic took my blood pressure to check what was wrong and apparantly it was really low. I got bundled in a million blankets and we took the drive to the cabins we were staying in that night. Whilst Sam was helping me into the hotel i made a rush for the nearest bin and somehow managed to throw up again. and then again in what was then "my" bin when Sophie was tucking me in.

This all sounds pretty bad and it may have been worse if 4 other girls didnt end up running to the bathroom all night because they got food poisining. Basically i was lucky i just had altitude sickness or whatever bug i had because at least i knew what end i was dealing with (to put it in the nicest way)!

Glen sorted everything out so that the next day the 5 of us wouldnt have to do the days activities but go back to the hotel and rest up there. I really dont mind. I missed sunrise (but saw sunset) a volcano trek (did a fair bit of that in iceland) and some old train holding ground (which ive seen in wales and got bored). Apparantly the trek was serverly tough and really high so im really glad i didnt try and tough it. I slept all day and was pretty weak from having nothing in my stomach. Water and coke kept me going til dinner when i ate a little, then went to bed early again. Nat, Sharon and Anissa who all had foodpoisoning couldnt even stomach dinner so Im still counting myself lucky.

We left at 5 the next morning for La Paz. Thats actually not what we were supposed to do. The original tour says everyone should return to Potosi, stay the night there and head off for La Paz the next day. However we all signed a petition to say that either Trevor takes us to La Paz from Uyuni (gives us an extra day in La Paz) or we´d all go off tour and take a bus.

Heinz talked to Tucan and sorted things out, the only reason its not usually done is because for half the year the roads are flooded. But for us theyre good now so we all piled into the truck (Sam and Ian had been a bit sick too so it wasnt the best drive) and we headed off for La Paz, the capital of Bolivia a day earlier than planned which works well for me!