"Breakfast is at 7.30 if you please" read the note handed to us by a very harried and stressed looking Bolivian young lad. The funny thing was that it had taken him ten minutes to, firstly, try to tell us in Spanish, then, when that did not work, turn his computer on, go into “google translate” and write out the message and give it to us. He could have been getting the breakfast ready instead of stressing about how to tell us we were slightly early at...

Did we say quote, "things are looking up?". At dinner last night, while not understanding much Spanish, watching the TV news, it was painfully obvious the violence over the fuel was stepping up, with protests in all major centres, and we even saw a small rally here in Rurre.Then when we called to collect our laundry it was not ready due to last nights storm and the power being off. So on the way back to the Hotel, Avan steps over a drain, hits a smooth wet piece ...

Frantic phone calls to Air Amazonas office early Tuesday morning confirm flights are again running. The tour office advised on Monday that they may have to fly to a nearby town of Reyes, and our Pampas tour will pick us up there, but on arrival at the airport we are told Rurrenabaque as per the schedule. To add to our confusion, we believe our flight is called (right time, but in Spanish) and we are checked through the gates, however on getting onto the tarmac o...

The rain is still teeming down as we arrive at the Bus Area with Chris in Unyuni, and we realize the bus has not arrived. Avan tells Chris not to wait, he has all ready provided much appreciated assistance, and we squeeze into the bus office with the rest of the passengers out of the rain. Eventually the Bus arrives and we set off on a very uncomfortable 13 hour trip to La Paz. There is no room between the seats at the start, but when the people in front reclined...

Feliz Navidat! Feliz Navidat!Can you beat Antarctica? We did today, in humble little Uyuni, Bolivia on Christmas Day.  As a group of 11 privileged Western travellers, we filed into a little whitewashed building , with squeaky wooden floors carrying 30 brightly coloured backpacks and our own Santa in tow. In front of us was a Nativity scene and home made Christmas decorations. Santa (aka Lance from Australia) sat out the front and we spread ourselves out around...