We woke at 8 for stale bread and coffee without milk for breakfast. Also to see a 'tired' looking Sas, Ollie and Michelle! We started on our very off the road trip to visit stunning mountainous lakes in amongst Siloli Desert. My iPod didn't go down very well with the Australians...made me realise what different music they have! However grants iPod went down a treat and we all enjoyed a sing along to Queen and Greese! Our first stop was crazy big orange rocks sc...

Another sleepless night due to colds and altitude. And another day on a bus! We got an 11am bus which took 5 hours from Potosi to Uyuni with 1 loo stop. The terrain was very dry and vast after we passed through some hills. One section was sheer red rocks with large willow trees at their foot which was quite beautiful. Uyuni is the dry-ist town I've been in. I mean Abu Dhabi is in a desert, but this town is quite depressing! It's like something out of a wild w...

We didn't get any sleep due to colds :( I walked around town trying to find a supermarket or some fruit but there is nothing here! :( We started our mining tour by getting kitted up in waterproof trousers and top, wellies and a hard had with a flash light which was rather amusing! We got a 15 min bus up from the town to the mountain. We stopped via a miners shop where we had the opportunity to buy the miners gifts of snacks, coca leaves, 96 percent vodka or s...

We woke early to get a 3 hour bus (with no toilet) down to Potosi via Oruro. however, due to more carnival celebrations it took closer to 4.5 hours. Which meant instead of 1.5 hours for lunch we had 30 mins before our next 5 hour bus. Garth has a cold and is not feeling well so I ran out and bought a chicken chips from a street seller. We got into the seemingly nice bus at 1.30 only to find out that it was BOILING HOT, the air con wasn't working AND none of th...

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...