We arrived in Uyuni late at night where Gemma, Eddie (Edwina) and Ollie from La Paz had been for a few days having been to a rave in the salt flats! Gemma had sorted out a tour so we checked out of our pretty grubby little hostel and left on a tour that morning, there really wasn't much to do in the town itself. The two and a bit day tour was amazing, we have seen some of the most extraordinary landscapes in this desert at the far western edge of Bolivia. Ongoing...

This is a very special entry, our (Steve's) strict blog rules have meant that we have tried to do an entry for every place we have spent a night. We got a night bus into Potosi, arriving Monday morning at 5am and took the bus from Potosi to Uyuni at 6.30pm the same day but in between we had a really interesting day which merits a blog entry.Potosi claims to be the highest city in the world and the only reason it is here is because of the Cerro Rico (Rich hill) wh...

We arrived in La Paz and our taxi driver took us to the Wild Rover Hostel, an Irish owned "party hostel" which had a bit of a student union feel about it. Not to be put off we had a couple of beers in the bar and Alison took part in what is probably the worst game of pool ever played at such altitude, La Paz is 4,000 m above sea level. We spent the next day wandering around the city before another night in the hostel bar with a few more drinks. On Frida...

Wow it`s cheap in Bolivia, wish we could stay here longer. Having arrived on Tuesday evening in Bolivia we decided not to press on to La Paz but instead decided to stay in Copacabana and take a day trip on Wednesday to Isla del Sol. Isla del Sol sits about an hour`s boat ride from Copa in Lake Titicaca and there are further Inca ruins on the island. It was on the island that the Inca`s believed the first Inca Ruler emerged from 'the scared rock` and so began the...