Garth woke early to cycle the Bolivian Death Road. So I had the day to myself. I enjoyed breakfast and did a big lot of waging by hand in the sink and let it dry on the balcony. I went for a wonder and bumped into Paul and Alison so I joined them in walking to the main plaza and back. I am finding Bolivia a bit bland and I impressive ATM. I went to a cash point, got Garth a valentines present, bought post cards and posted them and went to the supermarket to top...

After a 4 hour bus ride (without a loo) we arrived in a very noisy La Paz. As we approached La Paz it is built in a valley (like Bath) and it was quite a site. It seemed as though the carnival celebrations had followed us from Puno. There was loud music, loads of people on the streets drinking beer, party streamers everywhere, people setting off fire crackers, foam salary and having water fights (apparently boys against girls). We arrived at our hotel (with diff...

We had a day off. Wondered the markets. Had a chicken salad sandwich for lunch but there was more celery in it than anything else! I wanted to buy a ukalalie but they only had mandolins. I enjoyed an afternoon nap and beat Garth at pool TWICE!!!! :) :) :) At 7pm we met our new group: Sarah & Vincent - a young couple from Australia Sarala & Francoise - two elderly (Sarala is 78) ladies who are French-Canadian Amelia - a 20yr old British student studyi...