The bus ride to Potosi was uneventful. Except that we had to sit in different seats. The booking offices here don't use computers. They have a sheet of A4 for each bus. If they lose it then they can easily sell the same seats twice as in this case. We were pretty much the only foreigners on the bus. We had the usual periodic stops so local people could sell food and drink through the windows. Potosi has a brand new terminus. It is on two floors with ticket off...

We booked our jeep trip into the Atacama desert and on to the Bolivian salt plains. As usual we went with a company recommended in Lonely Planet. A bit more expensive (I mean 1 or 2 pounds) but a company with a good reputation. Unfortunately tales of overcrowded vehicles, bad drivers' even drunk drivers are many. Cordillera are a family business who do one tour and that's it. San Pedro is an oasis town. In recent years it has boomed with the tourists using it a...