In the past two days, I have taken: - a 14 hour bus trip from La Paz to Uyuni - a 15 hour bus trip back to La Paz from Uyuni - a 4 hour minibus ride from La Paz to Copacabana - a 1.5 ferry ride from Copacabana to Isla del Sol Not recommended. Don't ever do it. So tiring. Thankfully there was an overnight stop over in Copacabana. After two nights in a row on a bus, I slept like a baby. I wasn't even meant to be staying in Copacabana (Bolivia not Brazil) but...

I think I'm in hell. I'm sitting on my worst South American bus so far, headed to Salar de Uyuni. The actual bus isn't much to ring home about, especially after the comfort of Argentinian buses. And as Bolivia is less developed the roads are very bumpy. But these observations don't bother me too much. The actual problem is not being able to sleep, which is paramount on an overnight bus. As the bus ride began at 7pm, I didn't allow myself to go straight to sleep. ...

So I didn't end up leaving Chile on Monday. Forgetting the the world shuts down on Sunday, I was not able to go and buy an airline ticket. Given my short amount of time in South America, I decided to forego the 40+ hour bus ride to Bolivia and splash out on a flight. Anyhow, normally I would book online but my supposed cash passport that can work as a debit card doesn't work for online payments and I really just didn't have it in me to call Travelex to sort it ou...