La Paz, highest capital city in the world, party capital of South America, and where I just happened to get stuck waiting for my new bankcard, in the famous Wild Rover hostel! you actually can feel the altitude in La Paz, and as it is so polluted too (the buses just belch out clouds of smoke!) you find it quite difficult to breathe, and the block of steps on the road up to Wild Rover is an absolute killer! The best thing to do in La Paz by far is death road! No...

Our 4 day tour from Tupiza to Uyuni to visit the famous Salar de Uyuni, largest salt flats in the world, was truly amazing! Despite the early starts, usually 4 or 5 in the morning (I am not a morning person) and the altitude sickness, it was one of the best things I've done on this trip! Our group was me, Pete, Kate and a Czech girl Magda that we met in Tupiza. Our driver/guide only spoke Spanish but that didn't really matter as we all understood. The first day ...

We arrived in Potosi with low expectations, having been told by several people that we should just get in, do the mine tour, and get the the hell out, not even spend a night! Actually we really liked Potosi, the town was pretty nice, overlooked by the massive Cerro Rico, although we did all feel the effects of the altitude (Potosi is 4090m, one of the highest cities in the world and the highest we'd been so far!) The mines are crazy! Before you go in you buy gif...

Bolivia could not be any more different to Brazil! It's the poorest country in South America, but it's really clean, well maintained, seems pretty safe, and the people are friendly and very easy to understand! Santa Cruz where I flew into is the biggest city in Bolivia, but it's nothing special really. There are some big markets which are interesting to walk around, but as it pretty much rained torrentially for three days I didn't do that much else, and the best ...