Arriving on the bus in Uyuni (South West Bolivia) at around 9pm most of the gringos quickly form a gang and sort out accommodation and a 3 day tour of the salt lakes and deserts in the region, which is probably the biggest drawcard in Bolivia. It´s mixed group of Belgians, Dutch, Brazilian, French and myself strangely as the token Aussie again. The first day of the tour starts off with the train cemetary, which has loads of rusting old locomotives that were du...

So I arrive in Sucre on the morning of Chrismas Eve and must say that the centre is really nice to stoll around. The Colonial architecture is just marvellous and they even have some Christmas decorations up. Christmas is celebrated here on the Eve and not on the 25th so a group of 18 of us head to the local gringo bar for dinner. (Local bars weren´t really open as they were having family time) It´s a fairly civilised affair with some local vino tinto and lo...

La Paz isn´t much of a city for one to marvel at architecturally but the excursions out of the ciudad are pretty good. The first day in the world´s highest capital city was spent organising the mountain bike trip down the road previously known as ´The World´s Most Dangerous Road´, which is no longer used by traffic as there is a new diversion. Eric from Bermuda was in town who I travelled with in Arequipa and so we spent the day searching for the safest co...

It was my first cold night bus ride and I was kept warm by some minging old blankets on board before arriving near the Bolivian border. Following a mini van ride, a smooth border crossing and another mini van ride I arrive in Copacabana (yes, in Bolivia and it was there before the Brazilians copied the name). It's the premier resort town on Lake Titicaca in Bolivia and is nice enough, although not strangely touristy. The next day I take the little boat across ...