Copacabana, Bolivia, not quite as fashionable as Rio's version, but a cute enough little townon the edge of Lake Titicaca never the less. Once we checked into our room, on the top floor, which just scraped a view of the lake over the other tall hotels on the lakes edge, we went to watch the daily occurance of the blessing of the cars. It does pretty much what it says on the tin. Local shamen priests were popping bonnets of cars, trucks and taxis of all-comer...

One classic beatles aeroplane ride later, with only a mere 19 seats we arrived in Rurrenbaque, gateway to the Pampas and Jungle of the Amazon Basin.We found our irish travelling gang and booked a 3 day trip deep into the pampas.The next morning after a three hour ride in a dust bowl, we finally got into the long boat to take us to our jungle massive camp. Our guide and boat driver didn't speak any English, but we've found you don't need loads of infor...

Trundled into La Paz at 5am and caught a taxi to a 'recommended' hotel which turned out to be a hole within a hole so spent a few hours exploring the city hunting for suitable digs. Its a crazy city, sitting in the basin on top of a mountain with slums clinging to the sides of the mountain and traffic everywhere with men yelling out destinations from minivans and taxis honking every few secs. Added to the fact it is still at an altitude of3660 metres and ...

Plumped for a private taxi for the two hour trip to Sucre after our bodies both wholeheartedly rejected the 1 peso empanadas we got from the smiley lady in the market and we feared repercussions of travel trapped on a local bus with no toilet. Spent most of our time in Sucre either hiding in a western owned cafe trying out various means to fix ourselves or sunning ourselves in deckchairs overlooking the city. Did however manage to watch a parade calling for Sucre...

Woke up wheezing in the World's Highest City at a whopping 4060 metres above sea level....which was really odd to think that you guys are over 4 km below us! Potosi is an interesting colonial town, perched on the edge of a mountain, and it really gave us our first taste of being at altitude.All the cobbled streets are on steep hills and you gasp at the slightest effort, well we did anyway. Even standing up too quickly makes you feel whoozy and dizzy! So the l...