After arriving back from the Pantanal and settling into our room - lucky it was free with our tour because i´m not sure either of us could have come to the paying the price for what it was - it was off for some tea. Sheepish to admit that McDonalds was our pick. However Phil now wants a Smurf. I´m guessing their must be a new Smurf movie?Heading back to our room we were pleasantly surprised to find that although the room wasn´t great we both had the best sl...

Well after another interesting flight from TAM (I do kind of like this airline in a strange sort of way - they aren't pretentious and just get the job done) we arrived in Puerto Suarez.We had been lucky enough to meet a lovely couple from Texas who were volunteering at a school for a couple of weeks and as it turned out their guide/school person organised for us a taxi direct to the border for $50 boliviano!After the formalities were over - really easy and qu...

After arriving in Santa Cruz we were shocked to realise that the town is pretty much shut on a sunday. After a taxi ride to Residential Bolivar we realised our reservation hadn´t been recieved but they had a double room (2 single beds) and could give us a matrimonial room the next day. While they were cleaning the room we found their residential toucan.The toucan was gorgeous and very friendly. He was also fluffy due to the rain and had a bit of a scratching ...

Driving through Sucre it was clear that this town was much better off. More trees, the buildings were finished off and much nicer cars. After arriving at our Hotel it was clear accomodations were much nicer for the price too however we unfortunately learnt that this hotel was not the place to be on Friday and Saturday nights when the nightclub music as damn loud until 1am and 3:30am respectively!!After seeking out a travel agent for flights to Santa Cruz we wen...

Potosi has the distinguished identity of being the highest city in the world at 4070m!!  To my huge surprise my luck with altitude is holding out and we are both having no problems. Unfortunately we have both acquired a nice dose of bronchitis (i´ve never had it before and never want it again) but we haven´t yet succumbed to food poisoning so can´t complain too much!The road from Uyuni to Potosi can be described as interesting. They are in the process of b...