The plan was to have a good meal then get a night bus to Sucre from Uyuni (where our 4WD tour ended). We were dropped at the bus terminal and tried to buy our bus tickets before finding a decent eating establishment. There were no buses to Sucre. In Bolivia when the populous disagrees with government they blockade towns - no one goes in or out. Crossing the line is not recommended! We knew there had been problems in Sucre but thought they were over. We certainl...

Last day of our 4-day wilderness safari. We left at 5.30am and drove over the 'Salar du Uyuni' salt flats. We were headed for Isla Incahuasi, a volcanic lump of rock strewn with cactus that stands above its dead flat surroundings. We paid our entrance fee and made our way to the summit before the sun appeared on the horizon. We were not alone, one 4WD after another parked up at the base. White, flat, barren landscape for 360 degrees. You could be forgiven for t...

We awoke on day 3 of our 4WD adventure feeling exhausted. No time to lie in though, up and out. Cold start at 7.30am but soon the sun's rays were warming us. We stopped for photos of us riding camel rock, then a short drive to a maze of rock formations known as the lost Italian city. The origin of the name is hard to determine, one version is it resembles the winding streets of an Italian City, another is it was named after an Italian tourist who accidentally g...

Day 2 - Jeep safari. After a restless night we had breakfast at 7.00am and 7.45 we hit the road again. First stop was a lake to take some crazy perspective photos, second stop another lake with Flamingos galore, what a beautiful sight. We skipped the dip in a thermal pool, we were now meeting loads of tour groups coming the opposite direction from Uyuni (our ultimate destination) and the pool was already crowded. We traversed 'Desertio de Dali' an array of gold...

The bus from La Paz which our jeep tour companions Sebastian & Audrey were on was late arriving in Tupiza. We got away at 7.30am. After clearing the town, it was a dirt track that progressively got worse and went higher. Some of our friends have already done this tour and will understand the difficulty of trying to put into words the everchanging landscape and the remote existence of tiny villages. The Southern Altiplano of Bolivia is a very remote area. Th...