Potosi is a Bolivian city that has had a number of bylines since the Spanish found silver and settled there. Located at 4,060m above sea level it has claim on the highest city in the wolrd and at one stage most of Spain's silver was mined here, Spain's silver currency was minted here and it was known as the richest city in the world. Today its lost a lot of its former glory but it's still a mining town with manyBolivian miners still working the earth for lead, ...

Christmas in Sucre After a rather bumpy overnight bus ride on cobbled roads we arrived in the Bolivian capital Sucre where we would be spending Christmas day. Arriving in Sucure early in the morning of Christmas eve we went into organisation mode to get supplies (drink and some food) for the following day's celebrations. Eventually we ended going to a flash restaruant for lunch then prepared a mini feast from ingreadients we could get and cookin the hos...

Today I cycled Bolivia's Death Road just outside La Paz which has a byline of 'the most dangerous road in the world'. 'Death road' refers to primarily the dirt section of road between La Paz and the low land town of Coroico. Up until two years ago this was still the main throughfare carrying all vehicles including trucks and busses to La Paz from the low lands. The majority of the road is gravel and narrow (3.2 meters wide at its narrowest point) with sheer clif...