I'll start where I left off in Potosi which was definitely one way of getting acclimatised to altitude - start in the highest city in the world! Headaches and shortness of breath were a problem - even putting a jumper on tired me out! Potosi is most famous for being a mining town, mainly silver. When I first arrived it seemed to be quite a sad place, with lots of dark narrow streets and high walls set at the bottom of Cerro Rico, a huge mountain looming in ...

So after two internal flights in Brazil, three local buses, an 8 hour bus ride, an overnight stay in Corumba and another bus to the border, I finally made it into Bolivia. Then it was straight onto 'The Death Train' for the overnight journey from the border to Santa Cruz. Thankfully it gets the nickname from when it was used to transport yellow fever victims many years ago, and not for it's current safety record! In fact, it was quite luxurious with wide reclinin...