The lovely Sucre We woke up at La Escondita a little dusty after the festivities of last night but the 5 bolivianos eggs really hit the spot. We spent the morning shopping for handbags, a makeup bag and any other items we came across, long story short, lots of shops. In the afternoon on our return back to our hotel I saw the first hostel I recognized the name of. This marked the start of the 'get my phone back' plan. It was a huge success as this hostel hous...

20/5 Potosi mine Up in time for a rushed breakfast and then the English couple and I headed with a group of others to the Potosi mine for a 'tour of oporations'. Sarah decided not to go down the mine, tight spaces and a knowledge of what a safe mine should look like we're the biggest factors. We headed to the plaza as a large group, a little concerned as groups are only to contain less than 8 people. To say it was a crammed full minibus would be an understatem...

Salar de Uyuni 4 day tour from Tupiza 16-19th May Day 1: After a 6:30am breakfast we were in our 4x4 landcruiser by 7:00am heading out of Tupiza on our 4 day/3 night adventure to the salt flats of Uyuni. We were sharing our adventure with a French couple, Nicholas and Pauline, our driver Moises and his wife/cook Liseth. Our initial ascent from the town was wonderful. Before we knew it we were on unsealed windy roads in a landscape full of greens, yellows and r...

15/5 birthday tupiza The day starts with a bus from 00:30 to 07:30 to cross the boarder into Bolivia. We arrive a little groggy and a little early than planned into the boarder town in Argentina. At this hour in this sleepy village its freezing cold both inside and outside the terminal. We rug-up and walk down the road following the wiki-travel directions. Sarah's wearing most of her clothes and I've wrapped a blanket around my head, as seen in the photo. We arr...