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...

We assembled early doors for the start of our three day trip into Bolivia. Fellow jeep travellers were two scots and a spanish and chilean couple while the other jeep was filled with an rowdy Irish bunch and a slightly creepy older man from Chile too.After a short ride it was the easy crossing into Bolivia, where we had breakfast on an icy landscape and took a pee behind a burnt-out bus before heading off into the national park.We stopped to admire three lagoons,...

We assembled early doors for the start of our three day trip into Bolivia. Fellow jeep travellers were two scots and a spanish and chilean couple while the other jeep was filled with an rowdy Irish bunch and a slightly creepy older man from Chile too. After a short ride it was the easy crossing into Bolivia, where we had breakfast on an icy landscape and took a pee behind a burnt-out bus before heading off into the national park. We stopped to admire three ...

The eight hour journey from Salta was wicked and not a litle scary driving through deep canyons and climbing switchbacks up over The Andes and back down into Chile...which made up for the fact that we felt really sick and weird after a prolonged stint at 4500 metres. Decided not to partake in the emergency oxygen on board, choosing instead, rather surreally, Danny Zucco and Grease on video to comfort us instead! On first sight San Pedro looks like a bit of a crap...