I arrived in Potosi early in the evening, and headed straight to the hostel (which I´d chosen purely because the guidebook said it was warm, and after the subzero Uyuni temperatures that was all I wanted!) The hostel was just as cosy as promised, with a huge book exchanged and DVD selection- a perfect place to curl up in the cold evenings at such high altitudes! The following day I headed out with a couple of people I´d met in the hostel to the silver mines, wh...

With about ten minutes to spare after the salt flats trip I managed to run to the bus station and jump on the next bus to Sucre. It was more or less the least comfortable bus I´ve been on so far- the seat in front was so close I practically hit my chin on it every time we went over a bus, and I was sitting next to a huge Bolivan woman with a six year old on her lap, who thought I was German. So, wrapped up in a fleece, jacket, gloves and balaclava I fell asleep...

We arrived in the town of Uyuni at about one am, and went straight to find a hostel (which was freexing, despite there being about thirty blankets on each bed, and had no running water) The next morning, after spending about ten seconds in the town we realised that there was nothing to do in Uyuni and immediately set about trying to organise a tour that would leave this morning. We managed to book a tour that left at ten, so headed back to the hostel to pack. The...

We arrived at the Argentine side of the border at around 8 am. We then had to walk to the border post, go through, and walk to the bus station in the Bolivian border town of Villazon. From there we caught a bus to Tupiza, about three hours away. Tupiza is a real cowboy town. Surrounded on all sides by canyons and cactuses, the people wear traditional Bolivian clothing and ride horses bareback. We took a jeep tour into the surrounding countryside, from where we h...