Sun, 12 Aug 2012 | By OandSoph | Views [579]
We arrived at La Quiaca the Argentinian border town facing Bolivia. It was 615am and literally freezing cold. Loads of people had gathered and crammed into the decaying bus shelter, some sleeping on the floor, many half falling off chairs. Most ... Read more >
Tags: trekking
Tue, 7 Aug 2012 | By steve_and_emma | Views [993]
The overnight bus was comfortable enough and
we actually got quite a bit of sleep despite it getting rather chilly at one
point through the night. Beginning your
first experience of a capital city after getting off a night bus is never ... Read more >
Sat, 4 Aug 2012 | By steve_and_emma | Views [775]
Day
1
Before exploring Sucre we had a few chores to
do; like tracking down a post box in which to deposit the post cards we’d been
carrying around for 10 days and buying a bus ticket to La Paz. We were feeling peckish ... Read more >
Thu, 2 Aug 2012 | By steve_and_emma | Views [3675]
Uyuni
Our first impressions of Uyuni was it was a
shabby frontier town but once we’d found somewhere to stay and had a bit of a
wander it grew on us. We checked into
Kori Wasi Hostel which had small, windowless, clean ... Read more >
Wed, 1 Aug 2012 | By steve_and_emma | Views [1548]
Day 1
We
awoke bright and early and excited about starting our first real trip of the
year out. Once we’d been allocated our
jeep, goods and backpacks loaded on the roof and food stashed in the boot it
was time ... Read more >