We didn't fall off the side of the mountain - although it was a close one. We held our breath for the first half an hour of the bus journey to Uyuni, as the driver negotiated hairpin bends on the edge of the mountain and insisted on overtaking in ridiculous places. We sort of got used to it after a while and were more troubled by the severe over-crowing of the bus and the women who were almost sat in my lap for the entire journey. It wasn't that bad however, as w...

We are currently sitting on the second floor of a building in an internet cafe in the worlds highest city baby yeah!! 4200M + being on the second floor equals really really high! We got the bus here and then had a 6 hour wait until our next bus, low on cash and not a clue if they had any cash machines, they dont in the next few places were going to so we have to stock up on money. There are some amazing views but that didn't really help our panicked arrival....

We just had another bus journey from hell - well I did! We were supposed to leave at 3.30PM and arrive at 6AM but instead we left at 7PM and arrived at 1PM, we also managed to break down for an hour in the middle of no where. Additionally, the window behind me wouldnt close so when we drove through a massive storm myself and my seat got soaked and I also had some sort of oil stuff dripping on me at random times. I was not a happy bunny and had a major "episo...

It turns out the public holiday in Santa Cruz was because it was the birthday of the city! To help them celebrate we went down to the river with the French couple and checked out the river party! We were advised not to go to the river as its dangerous at night but it seemed fine to me. There were loads and loads of cars in the river, which was half shallow water and half sand, we walked around for a bit then went for a couple of beers, Sarah has also been drinkin...

We stayed a night in the Brazil / Bolivia boarder town of Carumba for a night with a French couple and a Swiss girl, had to get lots of stamps for leaving Brazil and entering Bolivia for the passports so it was a good job they all spoke Spanish and Portuguse!! We went to by bus tickets for the trip to Santa Cruz, Bolivia but the locals had bought them all to sell them on the black market, so what is known as death train was not looking too hopeful for us. Our tax...