Hi there all. After getting over my little problem the day before we got up early and headed to the local bus stop to try to get a bus accross to Copacabana on the shores of Lake Titicaca. Since the 1st May, Bolivia had been having sporadic problems and we'd been advised that there may be some problems getting out of La Paz at the moment. We took our chances and apart from an extra hour on the bus to get around some blockades (it was a 4 hour trip) we arrived ...

After a few days at Coroico we got on the back of a ute and got a lift to the bottom of the hill to where the bus was to picking us up to head north. After a 3 hour wait (working on 'Bolivian' time) our little bus finally arrived. Unfortunately, as we didn't get on in La Paz (even though we had bought tickets) they thought they had better sell our vacant seats again. So we were lucky enough to find 3 seats in the back of the bus (which were harder than cement ...

I spent a few days looking around La Paz (and trying to breath), and to be honest, enjoyed some western comfort. I happened to get my own room with cable tv so I didn't leave my room until the coverage of the 'Tour of Italy' had finished. La Paz is the biggest city in Bolivia and usually at the centre of the usual turmoil that is Bolivia. The miners where striking while I was there to add to the usual chaos. The city is set in a huge basin (at about 3,800m) w...

After battling some very persistent taxi's and bus companies we actually got a taxi the 3 hours to Sucre (it cost us about $1 each more than the bus) and finally started heading DOWNHILL! The plan was to try to get my body back on track and laze about for a few days. Which is exactly what we did. Sucre was a beautiful town with finally some warm weather and real air (with oxygen) and I just spent a few days reading and eating (Bolivian food is surprisingly ver...

Hi there people. Just spent 3 days driving over the Altiplano in Bolivia which has been very cool (can someone email me some more 'adjectives' as I ran out long ago). 5 of us got a guide and 4WD in San Pedro in Chile and piled in. We were a little nervous of the altitude on the first day as it meant sleeping at over 4,500m and after my bus trip the day before I had some idea how it was going to feel. It didn't let us down either, as by the time we were gettin...